2008 Woodie Awards
Experience Corps Baltimore
Issue date: 4/17/08
Last week the Greater Homewood Community Corp. (GHCC) and the Hopkins Center on Aging and Health received the prestigious Bridge Builders Award for their combined efforts to develop Baltimore's model of the national Experience Corps program.
The award was presented in Washington, D.C. by Partners for Livable Communities. The name of the award refers to constructing bridges of understanding and collaboration across social, economic, regional and racial lines for the common goal of improving the community.
With Experience Corps, older adults have the opportunity to become volunteer mentors in schools nationwide.
The Center of Aging's Linda Fried and GHCC's Sylvia McGill joined forces to strengthen the Baltimore branch of the program by adding research and evaluation elements which, in turn, would improve the performance of six neighborhood schools, an important goal of the GHCC.
A five-year pilot program at these schools yielded higher test scores among students and better health and self-esteem for the volunteers. Now, Baltimore's Experience Corps program has been implemented in 20 schools placed more than 375 volunteers.
The award was presented in Washington, D.C. by Partners for Livable Communities. The name of the award refers to constructing bridges of understanding and collaboration across social, economic, regional and racial lines for the common goal of improving the community.
With Experience Corps, older adults have the opportunity to become volunteer mentors in schools nationwide.
The Center of Aging's Linda Fried and GHCC's Sylvia McGill joined forces to strengthen the Baltimore branch of the program by adding research and evaluation elements which, in turn, would improve the performance of six neighborhood schools, an important goal of the GHCC.
A five-year pilot program at these schools yielded higher test scores among students and better health and self-esteem for the volunteers. Now, Baltimore's Experience Corps program has been implemented in 20 schools placed more than 375 volunteers.
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muriel a williams
posted 7/08/08 @ 7:42 PM EST
I am a volunteer with Experience Corps (this is my first year). Since February, I have volunteered at Wm. Pinderhughes Elementary School, working with the Parent Liaison, Ms. (Continued…)
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