Program Details
Year of Experience Corps project launch: 2007
Students served: 600
Grades/ages of students served: K-5 grade
Experience Corps participants: 50
Participant hours logged last school year: 4500
Neighborhoods served: San Rafael's Dominican, Black Canyon, Canal, Loch Lomond, and Santa Venetia Neighborhoods
Schools/Centers served: San Pedro Elementary School, Venetia Valley Elementary School, Coleman Elementary School, Bahia Vista Elementary School
Requirements for volunteers: Application, interview, background check (fingerprinting), TB test, eight hours of pre-service training, monthly team meeting.
To get involved, contact: Susan Kraemer at 415-464-1767 or skraemer@ncphs.org.
Partners and Funders
Bay Area Lead Agency: Aspiranet (www.aspiranet.org)
Host Partner in Marin County: Northern California Presbyterian Homes & Services, a provider of options for retirement living and community service for older adults in the greater San Francisco Bay Area (www.ncphs.org)
Other community partners: Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Interfaith Council of Marin, Marin Division on Aging, San Pedro Healthy Start, San Rafael After School Program, The Tamalpais, Venetia Valley PTA, and Whistlestop.
Local funders: AT&T, Corporation for National and Community Service, Crescent Porter Hale, Fireman's Fund, Kimball Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, May & Stanley Smith Trust, U.S. Department of Justice, local schools, and individual donors.
Host Partner in Marin County: Northern California Presbyterian Homes & Services, a provider of options for retirement living and community service for older adults in the greater San Francisco Bay Area (www.ncphs.org)
Other community partners: Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Interfaith Council of Marin, Marin Division on Aging, San Pedro Healthy Start, San Rafael After School Program, The Tamalpais, Venetia Valley PTA, and Whistlestop.
Local funders: AT&T, Corporation for National and Community Service, Crescent Porter Hale, Fireman's Fund, Kimball Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, May & Stanley Smith Trust, U.S. Department of Justice, local schools, and individual donors.
Schools
Schools/Centers served: Bahia Vista Elementary School, Coleman Elementary School, Venetia Valley Elementary School.