Volunteer Opportunity Of The Week: Tutoring For Reading

Each week Patch will be highlighting a volunteer opportunity in the Hudson Valley. This will be a chance to help your community and be an opportunity to give back — in perhaps a way you didn't consider before.

And if you have some need for volunteers, be sure to let us know by emailing michael.woyton@patch.com.

This week we are putting the spotlight on a mentoring-tutoring program run by JCY-Westchester Community Partners in Yonkers.

SMART (Students and Mature Adults Read Together) is a volunteer program that provides one-to-one tutoring to improve literacy skills for young people.

Since it started in 1996, the program has grown to more than 200 volunteers.

According to organizers, SMART volunteers help kids improve their basic reading and academic skills by giving them individual attention and lots of encouragement.

The program features flexible times during the school day with a minimum of only one hour of volunteering per week.

For more information, or to express interest in volunteering, go here.

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