Agency Details:

Invest In Youth

Invest in Youth enhances the academic abilities, self-confidence and life prospects of struggling learners in the Seattle Public Schools and provides volunteer tutors the opportunity to experience the rewards of enriching young lives.

Description:
Invest In Youth is a business-to-youth tutoring program that matches Seattle-area professionals with students at one of four of Seattle's public elementary schools. Weekly tutoring sessions last one hour and tutors work with the same child, a third-, fourth- or fifth-grader, for the entire school year, getting to know their strengths and weaknesses while tracking their progress from week to week. It is an extremely rewarding experience for both students and their tutors.

History:
Invest in Youth...is a business-to-youth tutoring program created in 1997 by financial advisor Harriett Morton and sponsored by her firm, Morton Clarke Fu & Metcalf. Harriett created a tutoring program specifically for financial professionals who could choose to be available after 3pm because of the early market closing on the West Coast. The program has since expanded to include tutors from other professions. In the 2008-2009 school year, Invest in Youth successfully paired 80 professionals and community volunteers with eager elementary school students.

Contact people:

Sara Hasan, Vice President, (phone), (email) Rebecca Sosinski, Program Director, (phone), (email)

Main office number: (206) 493-1660

Address:

5263 Forest Ave SE Mercer Island, WA 98040 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.investinyouth.net

Miscellaneous Information

Liability
	No
Does your organization welcome court-ordered community service volunteers?
	No
Does your organization have volunteer positions for youth 12-18?
	Yes

Last updated on November 25, 2009