Causes: Education, Human Services, Literacy, Philanthropy, Remedial Reading & Encouragement, Senior Centers, Seniors, Voluntarism Promotion, Young Mens or Womens Associations
Mission: RSVP improves the lives of vulnerable populations in the local community focusing on education and wellness and by supporting nonprofits through skill-based volunteer programs.
Target demographics: vulnerable community members including disadvantaged preschool children, struggling elementary and secondary school students, low income seniors
Direct beneficiaries per year: 11,000 community members
Geographic areas served: Montgomery, Delaware, Chester Counties and parts of Philadelphia
Programs: Apprise is a program funded by the pennsylvania department of aging and coordinated in montgomery county by rsvp to help medicare beneficiaries understand their health care options and make the best decisions appropriate to their health and financial needs. Apprise counselors are state trained rsvp volunteers who provide free assistance without bias. Counselors are available in person or by phone at 30 sites throughout montgomery county to answer questions about prescription drug coverage, medicare benefits, medicare advantage and supplemental plans, medicare extra help, or appealing claims. Counselors and staff also make presentations to groups to answer broader more general questions as well as information on how to receive individualized consultations. Counselors also pro- actively help those with low incomes determine if they qualify for additional medicare benefits through extra help. In 2017,32 counselors spent 3,461 hours assisting over 4,000 seniors through individual counseling, at neighborhood and corporate presentations, and at local senior health fairs and expos.
america reads program, established in 1996, trains volunteers as one-on-one reading tutors for struggling students grades k-4.In 2017,169 volunteers worked with 1,900 children in 61 montgomery and delaware county schools who needed additional assistance & support with their reading skills. 150 teachers completed the questionaires about the progress their students made working with america reads volunteers, as follows; 86% were more interested in reading; 85% were reading more fluently; 84% had
my free tutor program (mft) is a cutting edge virtual tutoring program developed in 2013 to enhance math and science skills and career awareness of disadvantaged secondary school students to narrow the documented stem gap between them and their more advantaged peers. The my free tutor website includes an interactive web application (www. Myfreetutor. Org), complete with white board and voice over capabilities through which students and their virtual tutors meet weekly and through which teachers can
Mission: RSVP improves the lives of vulnerable populations in the local community focusing on education and wellness and by supporting nonprofits through skill-based volunteer programs.
Target demographics: vulnerable community members including disadvantaged preschool children, struggling elementary and secondary school students, low income seniors
Direct beneficiaries per year: 11,000 community members
Geographic areas served: Montgomery, Delaware, Chester Counties and parts of Philadelphia
Programs: Apprise is a program funded by the pennsylvania department of aging and coordinated in montgomery county by rsvp to help medicare beneficiaries understand their health care options and make the best decisions appropriate to their health and financial needs. Apprise counselors are state trained rsvp volunteers who provide free assistance without bias. Counselors are available in person or by phone at 30 sites throughout montgomery county to answer questions about prescription drug coverage, medicare benefits, medicare advantage and supplemental plans, medicare extra help, or appealing claims. Counselors and staff also make presentations to groups to answer broader more general questions as well as information on how to receive individualized consultations. Counselors also pro- actively help those with low incomes determine if they qualify for additional medicare benefits through extra help. In 2017,32 counselors spent 3,461 hours assisting over 4,000 seniors through individual counseling, at neighborhood and corporate presentations, and at local senior health fairs and expos.
america reads program, established in 1996, trains volunteers as one-on-one reading tutors for struggling students grades k-4.In 2017,169 volunteers worked with 1,900 children in 61 montgomery and delaware county schools who needed additional assistance & support with their reading skills. 150 teachers completed the questionaires about the progress their students made working with america reads volunteers, as follows; 86% were more interested in reading; 85% were reading more fluently; 84% had
my free tutor program (mft) is a cutting edge virtual tutoring program developed in 2013 to enhance math and science skills and career awareness of disadvantaged secondary school students to narrow the documented stem gap between them and their more advantaged peers. The my free tutor website includes an interactive web application (www. Myfreetutor. Org), complete with white board and voice over capabilities through which students and their virtual tutors meet weekly and through which teachers can
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