Literacy Programs Launch with Bookshelf Projects

“Seeing the faces of the participants and reading the feedback forms is a welcome testimony to how happy and pleased the families were who came to the event.  Having such a sweet wooden bookcase that the children could individualize was priceless. They had ownership in the decorating of the bookshelf and in filling it with [...]

Surrogate Room Parents Help Teacher and Kids

A group of friends from Bay Light Community Church decided to “adopt” a classroom at Castro Elementary School in Mountain View and partner with the teacher to support her students.  95% of this teacher’s 5th Grade students were English language learners from low income families. Various friends helped students in morning math club, they chaperoned field trips, [...]

Luther Burbank Middle to Archbishop Mitty High School

The impossible is possible when catalysts and “impossible” situations collide.  One of our board members (aka—RP Mover) teaches at Luther Burbank Middle School in San Jose.  After seeing many of his brightest students transition to the local gang impacted high schools, he had an idea.  A few weeks later, four of his students summoned their [...]