Community Impact at Columbia University

Afterhours Tutoring volunteers work with students of Volunteers of America's Regent House (a family shelter), located at 104th St. and Broadway. Tutors engage children in a number of ways, ranging from homework help to test preparation to study skills lessons. Tutors volunteer one afternoon per week from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday)

Contact: Katy Saintil. Call 212.854.6310 or e-mail kjs5@columbia.edu.
America Reads is part of a national campaign calling on all Americans to help every child read at grade level. Volunteers and work-study students engage elementary school students in a variety of activities that enhance their basic literacy skills. (Monday through Friday, 2 hours in the afternoon, off campus.)
Apply to become an America Reads tutor.
Contact: Sandy Helling. Call 212.854.9621 or e-mail sh18@columbia.edu.
Artists Reaching Out is an after-school arts education program for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th graders at P.S. 125. Students choose from either Creative Writing, Music and Visual Arts or Theatre, and receive instruction in this area from Columbia University Undergraduates. The goal of this program is to create a community overflowing with energy and new ideas. This program welcomes participants from all levels of artistic ability.

Contact: Sonia Reese. Call 212.854.2617 or e-mail sk19@columbia.edu.
The Asian Youth Program brings together student volunteers with a group of Asian youth who have been impacted by domestic violence. Volunteers are positive role models that engage in one-to-one mentor/mentee relationships through tutoring, social activities, and recreational trips to cultural sites around New York City. The primary goal of this program is to establish a safe and supportive environment for the participants to openly express their feelings, develop academic and social skills, and most importantly, to have LOTS of FUN! The program begins every Fall and it is requested that all participants make a year long commitment.
(Sundays from 10:30-2:30, 4 hours per week on Barnard's campus.)

Contact: Christiana Duodu. Call 212.854.2610 or e-mail cd2330@columbia.edu.
Barnard/Columbia Mentor Program brings a group of middle school students in a bilingual program to the Columbia campus for tutoring and mentoring. Volunteers are matched individually with students for one hour of tutoring followed by one hour of fun projects such as poetry, writing and drawing, as well as field trips to promote cultural enrichment.
(Fridays from 3:00-5:00, 2 hours per week on the Columbia campus.)

Contact: Christiana Duodu. Call 212.854.2610 or e-mail cd2330@columbia.edu.
Big Sibs is one of Community Impact's oldest programs. Its focus is to develop regular, positive interaction between caring, stable mentors and urban youth. Thorough efforts are made to ensure compatibility between mentors and youth with the intention to nurture friendship, growth, and development. Volunteers must undergo screening and participate in monthly workshops. Big Siblings make at least a two-year commitment to spend three to five hours per week with their little brother or sister.
(Various days, 3 to 5 hours per week during the day and afternoon at the Columbia various locations.)

Contact: Christiana Duodu. Call 212.854.2610 or e-mail cd2330@columbia.edu.
Community Youth Program volunteers lead cultural and recreational trips to sites around New York City on Saturdays for children from P.S. 145, a local elementary school. Recent events have included visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a New York Yankees game, and a day of rollerblading in Central Park.
(Saturdays, 4 hours during the day at various locations.)

Contact: Christiana Duodu. Call 212.854.2610 or e-mail cd2330@columbia.edu.
Harlem Restoration Project - Child Care provides services for parents and children who live in Central or West Harlem. The program includes play groups, tutoring, weekend field trips and pre-school preparation. Volunteers provide children with a safe environment in which to learn and play.
(Fridays or Saturdays, 5 hours during the day at various locations.)

Contact: Christiana Duodu. Call 212.854.2610 or e-mail cd2330@columbia.edu.
Let's Get Ready! works to create networks of support for underserved high school students that help them get to college. Volunteers offer competitive, quality, free SAT preparation courses to high school students and college and financial aid advising to those students and their families. Working with two high schools in Manhattan, volunteers offer a positive, academic experience based upon the peer-mentor nature of young people teaching other young people. (Various days, 3 hours at various locations.) Visit the Let's Get Ready! website.

Contact: Sonia Reese. Call 212.854.2617 or e-mail sk19@columbia.edu.
Mentor High School Extension volunteers mentor students from a neighborhood high school and provide SAT preparation. Volunteers are matched with students individually to ensure that the mentor and student share similar academic and personal interests. Mentors and students develop a contract outlining academic objectives and activities for the semester. Group and recreational activities are also a vital part of this program. (Fridays, 2 hours during the day at Earl Hall.)

Contact: Sonia Reese. Call 212.854.2617 or e-mail sk19@columbia.edu.
One-to-One Tutoring volunteers are tutors matched with neighborhood children to provide academic support based on the specific needs of each child. Volunteers tutor during the week at nearby P.S. 145 or on Saturday mornings at Columbia. (Saturdays and various days, 2 hours during the day or afternoon at the Columbia campus.)

Contact: Christiana Duodu. Call 212.854.2610 or e-mail cd2330@columbia.edu.
P.S. 165 Tutoring provides tutors for P.S. 165, located at 109th St. and Broadway. Tutors spend at least one hour at this elementary school (K-5) each week throughout the entire semester. The roles of tutors vary from one-to-one tutoring to small-group tutoring to assistant teaching. Tutors volunteer during the school day between 8:30 am and 3:00 p.m. (Mondays through Fridays, 1 hour during the day or afternoon at an off-campus location.)
Visit the P.S. 165 website.

Contact: Katy Saintil. Call 212.854.6310 or e-mail kjs5@columbia.edu.
Peace by PEACE (Playful Explorations in Active Conflict-Resolution Education (formerly Peace Games)) teaches young people methods of conflict resolution stressing cooperation and win-win outcomes. Trained volunteers teach a sixteen-session curriculum in elementary and middle school classes that fosters ways of resolving differences cooperatively. (Various days, 3 hours during the day at various locations.) For more information visit the Peace by PEACE Website.

Contact: Sonia Reese. Call 212.854.2617 or e-mail sk19@columbia.edu.
TLC Play Group brings together student volunteers with a group of neighborhood preschoolers at the Barnard College Toddler Center on Saturdays. Through creative play and interaction, these preschoolers have an opportunity to express themselves and learn to communicate with their peers. Special one-on-one relationships are forged between volunteers and children through direct pairing in an enriching and positive environment.
(Saturdays, 5 hours during the day at the Barnard campus.)

Contact: Christiana Duodu. Call 212.854.2610 or e-mail cd2330@columbia.edu.
AmeriCorps VISTA and AmeriCorps members serve for one year in all CI programs.

Together we can make a difference.