Harvard Emerging Literacy Project (HELP) recognizes that if economically disadvantaged children do not have the resources to practice the skill of reading, their chances for later academic success and future learning are significantly diminished. Volunteers visit Cambridge Head Start preschools in pairs once a week

Volunteers in the ExperiMentors program teach science lessons to Cambridge public school children in grades 1-6 which emphasize hands-on learning, the scientific method, and questioning and discovery. Partnerships of two volunteers develop a curriculum and teach the class one hour per week during school hours.

Environmental Education is an after-school program working with middle school children (grades 6-8) in Boston Public Schools. EnviroEd’s mission is to educate children about the environment and foster an appreciation for the natural world in which we live. The EnviroEd program gives undergraduate volunteers the

The Kettering Foundation reports that citizens “believe that they do not—cannot—have a say in the system [because] there’s no room left for their voices.” CIVICS strives to inspire students to take an active participatory role in their community by educating them on what our government