Program Details
Year of Experience Corps project launch: The program started in 1997 as Seniors for Schools. In fall 2002, it became known as Experience Corps.
Neighborhoods served: Westpark, Hough, Lexington, Ohio City, Denison, Corlett, Lee/Seville, Miles, Lee/Harvard, Tremont, Glenville, and Broadway.
Schools served: Almira School, Adlai Stevenson School, Miles School, Charles A. Mooney School, Clara E. Westropp School, Robert Jamison School, Iowa-Maple School, Captain Arthur Roth School, Emile de Sauze School, Denison School, Union School, Willson School, and McKinley School.
Students served: 1,000
Grades/ages of students served: K-6
Experience Corps participants: 200
Participant hours logged last school year: 62,505
Requirements for volunteers: Application, interview, reference and background checks, pre-service training and orientation, on-going training
Partners and Funders
Lead Agency:Greater Cleveland Volunteers
Other community partners: Chardon Middle School, Cleveland Heights Library, Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Cleveland Public Library, Cuyahoga County Library System, Fairview Park Library, Half-Price Books, Lubrizol Corporation,the Literacy Cooperative, Maple Heights Library, Bank of America, Church of Saviour, and UPS
Local funders: Abington Foundation, Althans Foundation, Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation, Charter One Bank, City of Cleveland Community Development Block Grant, The Cleveland Foundation, The Alton F. and Carrie S. Davis Fund, Eaton Corporation, Fifth Third Bank, Fox Foundation, Giant Eagle, Kiwanis Club of West Park, Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, John P. Murphy Foundation, Third Federal Savings Bank, Thomas White Foundation, Stocker Foundation, and the United Way of Greater Cleveland.
National funders: Atlantic Philanthropies; Corporation for National and Community Service; and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Other community partners: Chardon Middle School, Cleveland Heights Library, Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Cleveland Public Library, Cuyahoga County Library System, Fairview Park Library, Half-Price Books, Lubrizol Corporation,the Literacy Cooperative, Maple Heights Library, Bank of America, Church of Saviour, and UPS
Local funders: Abington Foundation, Althans Foundation, Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation, Charter One Bank, City of Cleveland Community Development Block Grant, The Cleveland Foundation, The Alton F. and Carrie S. Davis Fund, Eaton Corporation, Fifth Third Bank, Fox Foundation, Giant Eagle, Kiwanis Club of West Park, Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, John P. Murphy Foundation, Third Federal Savings Bank, Thomas White Foundation, Stocker Foundation, and the United Way of Greater Cleveland.
National funders: Atlantic Philanthropies; Corporation for National and Community Service; and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.