Welcome to our new Volunteer Spotlight series! Each month, New Haven Reads will highlight one of our spectacular volunteers. Read on to learn more about one of our Science Park tutors, Walter Skalla. Once a week at Science Park, Walter and Darius can be found reading or working on multiplication tables. Read more
May 16, 2012 in News & Events by admin
We are in desperate need of tutors during the last six weeks of spring tutoring, from May 7 – June 16. College tutors are gone for the year, leaving many of our children without tutors. If you can give us even an extra hour, that means one of those children will still get the Read more
May 3, 2012 in Tutoring Calendar for Volunteers, Volunteers by admin
If you are looking for the perfect gift to honor a loved one this Mothers’ Day – look no further! New Haven Reads has a thoughtful and unique gift for your loved ones this Mothers’ Day! Purchase a brand new book for a New Haven Reads student as part of our “Books for Summer” program Read more
April 30, 2012 in News & Events by admin
Two New Haven Reads students at our Science Park location came to us through Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS), which has arranged transportation for these two boys through volunteers. The boys have been coming to New Haven Reads for over a year, but IRIS needs a new volunteer to drive them to NHR if they are Read more
April 27, 2012 in News & Events by admin
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April 25, 2012 in News & Events by admin
Community Connections: NHR partners with Wexler-Grant School to host local author Deborah Freedman. On April 9, New Haven Reads Book Bank manager and VISTA volunteer Danielle Smith, alongside her VISTA colleague, Amy Faenza, at Wexler-Grant Community School hosted local author/illustrator Deborah Freedman at an event celebrating early childhood literacy. “This was a wonderful opportunity to Read more
April 19, 2012 in News & Events by admin
New Haven Reads thanks the 323 people who responded to the recent tutor survey! Here are some initial results: Tutors are passionate about literacy and their students. 49.5% of respondents decided to tutor at NHR because NHR’s vision, mission, and goals matched their own. 86% are satisfied with their tutor student pairings, and 90% feel Read more
April 17, 2012 in News & Events by admin
Welcome to our new Volunteer Spotlight series! Each month, New Haven Reads will highlight one of our spectacular volunteers. Read on to learn more about one of our Dixwell tutors, Robin Ruhf. Robin Ruhf is a retired teacher who once headed Arts Programs and taught theater, among many other things. She considers Read more
March 28, 2012 in News & Events, Volunteers by admin