Help Support Our Marin Students

There is no denying that public education nationally and locally is in a major crisis. And sadly our quality of education continues to spiral down as we see school funding cut, class size increased, teachers’ salary and benefits attacked, and the student programs and services we offer slashed. California’s public schools in particular are in a sad state. Quoted from the California Teacher’s Association, “California continues to lag behind the national average in per-pupil funding, has some of the largest class sizes in the country and ranks dead last in the number of counselors and librarians in our schools” (http://www.cta.org/).

Due to lack of funding our students don’t have the resources nor the attention they need and deserve and therefore are denied the opportunity to succeed in school. To ensure our students achieve we must make sure they receive as much extra help and support as possible. All the projects offered through our Flexible Volunteer Program (Flex) are designed to meet pressing community needs. Through Flex you can help at-risk kids succeed in school by volunteering at our Play a Game, Learn, and Read with Kids projects, helping out at an after school program and giving kids the one-on-one attention and homework help they ought to have.

Our Flex program is also very excited to offer a new project, Share Your Mind, aimed to help get Spanish speaking parents involved in their child’s education. Volunteers will help support parents to become more involved in their child's learning and ensure their child succeeds in school by working with students along side their parents. You will be giving Latino parents who would like to be engaged their children learning the opportunity to do so. Children need encouragement and support to succeed in school, and there is no better source for that support than from the family. The project will be a rewarding experience for the volunteer and for the student and their parents.

>>Click here to learn more/register for the Flex Share Your Mind project.

>>Click here to learn more/register for the Flex Play a Game, Learn, and Read with Kids project - Marin City

>>Click here to learn more/register for the Flex Play a Game, Learn, and Read with Kids project - Fairfax

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