Category Archives: Education and Literacy
mentor Tutor Connection
http://www.mentortutorconnection.org
Mentor Tutor Connection places trained volunteer tutors at Mountain View Whisman elementary and middle schools. MTC also places trained volunteer mentors at the three MVLA high schools.
Canal Alliance
Canal Alliance exists to break the generational cycle of poverty for Latino immigrants and their families by lifting barriers to their success. We are a nonprofit champion of immigrants who are challenged by a lack of resources and an unfamiliar … 
Project Second Chance
t is estimated that one in five adults in California struggles with reading, such that they would be unable to handle basic literacy tasks. Project Second Chance was founded in 1984 to help tackle this problem. Since that time, PSC …
Wu Yee Children’s Services
WHO: Highly skilled, energetic professionals seeking to get involved philanthropically in their community by volunteering and fundraising to serve immigrant and low-income children and families. WHY: As a Wu Yee Ambassador, you have a unique opportunity to contribute to programs …
The Book Club of California
We print limited edition and letterpress publications collected by individuals, libraries, and institutions around the world, and host dynamic programs and exhibitions that offer insight into publishing, printing, literature, and the history of California and the West. Our special collections …
African Library Project
http://www.africanlibraryproject.org
The African Library Project was founded in 2005 by Chris Bradshaw and her family from Portola Valley, California. While visiting remote villages in Lesotho, a small mountainous kingdom in Southern Africa, Chris was inspired to work toward ending the cycle …
ARTogether
https://www.projectartogether.org/
ARTogether is a community-building creative arts project, guided by the principle that art can serve as a means of expression that transcends language and culture, while it lays a foundation for managing and overcoming trauma. ARTogether facilitate social gathering, family …
Sprouts Cooking Club
http://www.sproutscookingclub.org
Sprouts Cooking Club is a nonprofit culinary organization. We strive to empower youth from all backgrounds to eat and live sustainably through teaching them how to cook healthy foods for themselves and their families. We offer classes on a sliding …
Cityteam
Cityteam is a nondenominational Christian nonprofit compassionately serving the poor, the homeless, and the lost in San Jose, Chester, San Francisco, Oakland, and Portland. Since 1957, Cityteam has been serving people in extreme poverty and helping them transform their lives, …
Northwest YMCA
http://www.ymcasv.org/northwest/html/volunteer.html
Get involved at the Northwest YMCA. Across the United States, more than 500,000 business leaders, community advocates, parents, teens and individuals who want to give back and support their neighbors volunteer at the Y. That’s because in 10,000 neighborhoods nationwide …
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