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VOLUNTEER
SERVICES
Teachers often lack the help they need to
provide a desirable range of educational and
developmental opportunities. Schools, as a
whole, lack the personnel and resources to
adequately recruit, screen, train and supervise
community volunteers and intern students.
DIVISION PURPOSES
By coordinating volunteer services, CIS can
prepare people more effectively for service
in schools, bring in high-caliber trainers,
and match volunteer interests with a wide
range of volunteer needs throughout the CIS
network of schools.
THE CIS EDGE
Through the development of significant community
partnerships as sources for volunteers, CIS
is able to recruit and train hundreds of individuals
for deployment into schools. These partnerships
include AmeriCorps, VISTA, NCCC, the National
Caucus on the Black Aged, and most area colleges
and universities. CIS recruits, screens, trains,
places, and supervises hundreds of volunteers
every year. Their valuable efforts help children
to learn and succeed, support the schools,
and help CIS to expand its range of services.
VOLUNTEER EXEMPLARS
Volunteers help to provide all CIS services,
including classroom assistance, after-school
instruction, mentoring, tutoring, and computer
education. They pick up and deliver donations,
coordinate fundraising events, and serve on
the Board of Directors. Volunteers truly are
the heart of the movement to bring the community
into schools to benefit students and families,
and our children are succeeding due to their
efforts!
DIVISION
SUCCESSES
The best illustration of success are the words
of this AmeriCorps volunteer, “It was
a joy seeing the glow on students’ faces
when they accomplished difficult tasks, or
when impossible obstacles became like a walk
in the park for them.” The kids, schools,
and volunteers all benefit from the relationships.
More than a thousand volunteers provide more
than a million hours of service for 30,000
students every year.
VISION
To expand the volunteer hours provided to
schools by 20% by 2006.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact Communities In Schools of Detroit,
Inc.
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5830
Field Street
Detroit, MI 48213-2454
313.571.3400
313.571.3404 (fax)
cis@cisdetroit.org (email)
cisdetroit.org (website) |
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