December 10, 2024
Dear Invest in Youth Investors,
As we approach the end of another impactful year, we are filled with gratitude for the support of our Invest in Youth community. Thanks to you, we’ve been able to continue our mission of enhancing the life prospects of students via one-to-one tutoring in Seattle Public Schools for students who need it most.
With the academic year in full swing, we are proud to have advanced our enrichment program, improved our tutor training program based on a 360° review with tutors, as well as provide additional resources for our students.
Enrichment programs include hands-on STEAM learning opportunities, including aeronautics, art, cooking, and more. Our program offers students an opportunity to explore diverse interests with the personalized attention and encouragement that helps build their confidence, along with enhancing academic skills.
Along with our accomplishments, we are facing significant challenges. Many of this years’ students were in kindergarten during pandemic shut-downs of in-person schooling. Remember the book “Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten”? These kids didn’t have that opportunity. Academic studies show the learning gap is widening, and these students need our help now.
Although IIY has expanded our funding sources and continues to secure grants and identify diverse funding, your financial support is absolutely critical today. One-to-one tutoring with trained tutors is repeatedly identified as one of the few effective interventions to assist elementary school learners to improve their academic skills, thus creating lifetime dividends for these young people.
Your donation at this time will help us continue to offer tutoring and enrichment programs free of charge to families and schools!
Every dollar you give helps us recruit and train dedicated tutors, provide hands-on enrichment, and provide the tools necessary to help students succeed. Examples of your impact include:
• $250 funds creation of tutor training for one school
• $500 funds snacks for one school for the year
• $975 is the average cost of an enrichment program per school
• $3,750 funds an entire year of enrichment activities for one school
As you consider your year-end giving, please remember the young learners who are counting on us. Your donation is a direct investment in the future of our community. Together, we can ensure these students have the opportunity to succeed, no matter the challenges they face.
Thank you for standing with us, and for being part of a community that believes in the power of education.
Warm regards, The Invest in Youth Board and Staff