Citizen Schools

Vital Stats

Yancie D

Redwood City, CA

people helped650
People Doing It100

The Problem

Children spend just 20 percent of their waking hours in school. But a child's capacity to learn doesn't end with the final bell. After-school programs can do so much more than what we so often expect of them—just keeping kids off the street—and make real impact on their education. Programs like this are needed in low-income communities. Programs like this are really need for middle school students, which is an important developmental stage in a youth's life. Sadly, not many resources are put to this age group.

Plan of Action

To recruit people to join the Citizen Schools cause, not only as volunteers, but as paid staff members. This way, people with jobs can help, but people looking for jobs in today's economy can get a job so that they can help themselves and then help others.