Family Focus
Jonathan Ayala: jonathanayala3.2012@u.northwestern.edu
Laura Prullage: LauraPrullage2013@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Evanston
Description: Family Focus offers innovative, community-based programs that help support and strengthen families and communities through afterschool tutoring and mentoring program for students from 3rd to 8th grade. Site leaders should be reliable and have some organizational experience for managing volunteers.
Project JAM
Alexa Wong: alexandrawong2013@u.northwestern.edu
Alexandra Crane: alexandracrane2013@u.northwestern.edu
Molly Hannon: mollyhannon2013@u.northwestern.edu
Helen Li: helenli2014@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Rogers Park
Description: Project JAM focuses on male and female youth issues. Volunteers facilitate activities planned by the site leaders such as grammar exercises, team building exercises, and other games and outdoors activities. No training is required.
Y.O.U. at Washington Elementary
Janalynn Pugh: janalynnpugh2014@u.northwestern.edu
Lauren Tindal: laurentindal2014@u.northwestern.edu
Matt Kingery: matthewkingery2012@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Evanston
Description: Y.O.U reaches out to young people ages 10 to 18. Volunteer activities consist of helping the kids with their homework and fun activities such as playing soccer outside, making a craft, or having Reader’s Theater. No training is required
Christopher House
Ciara Caffey: ciaracaffey2013@u.northwestern.edu
Liz Coda: lizcoda@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Uptown
Description: Volunteers help in one of three rooms (ages 5-7, ages 8-9, or ages 10-12) for activities ranging from snacks, play time, homework help, and enriching activities such as reading and arts and crafts. This site serves mostly low-income families and several immigrant populations. One-on-one tutoring is an available option for interested parties.
Boys Hope Girls Hope
Anna Gasaway: annagasaway2014@u.northwestern.edu
Eesha Zaheer: eeshazaheer2014@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Evanston (Mondays, Wednesdays 7-9 PM)
Description: Volunteers provide tutoring/mentoring assistance for high school students living in three houses a few blocks away from Northwestern’s campus. Currently, the greatest assistance is needed in the math and sciences, but tutors from all areas can be useful on any given day,
The Afterschool Program at Gale
Margot Leeds: margotleeds2012@u.northwestern.edu
Lexi Feldman: alexisfeldman2014@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Rogers Park
Description: Volunteers help children 2nd-5th grades on homework help and in various activities including sports, art, dance, and monthly community service trips.
Chicago Math and Science Academy
Sylvia Chai: wanyingchai2014@u.northwestern.edu
Kate Ma: zhouqunma2014@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Chicago
Description: Volunteering with provide tutoring/mentoring services to teenagers and help facilitate group activities (with the option of planning their own-learning curriculum development).
By the Hand Club for Kids
Michelle Kim: michellekim2013@u.northwestern.edu
Yoonjung Koh: yoonjungkoh2013@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Cabrini-Green
By the Hand is an after school program for at risk youth. It is a program that seeks to develop not only academic skills, but also works with families and teachers to help the children in all areas. Volunteers work as TAs in the classroom, or work individually with a student. A one time training is required for regular volunteers.
Hotel Jonquil
David Jin: djin44@gmail.com
Ben Woldenberg: benjaminwoldenberg2008@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Rogers Park
Description: Jonquil Hotel is a transitional home where families live who are coming from homelessness and working towards self-sufficiency. Jonquil volunteers tutor kids once a week (ages 5-13) and also go once a week to play with kids and help out with Saturday morning programming.
Asian Youth Services (AYS)
Kaleb Tsang: kalebtsang2012@u.northwestern.edu
Yehsong Kim: yehsongkim2013@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Northern Chicago
Description: AYS deals with education and poverty by providing students in the Chicagoland area who do not have access to mentoring and school supplies with those resources. Volunteers serve as mentors and tutors to the AYS students, helping them with anything from art and science projects to college application to basic reading skills.
Hope Alive
Kaitlin Bole: kaitlin.bole@gmail.com
Michael Chou: michaelchou2012@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Chicago
Description: Volunteers help students ages 5-18 in Cabrini-Green with their homework, read with younger students, and help build community. In exchange, they get the opportunity to learn from staff and students about the neighborhood from the perspective of the residents.
PAA (Pan- African Association)
Sofia Sami: sofiasami2014@u.northwestern.edu
Soad Mana: soadmana2014@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Chicago
Description: PAA is a Mutual Assistance Association that works to empower/further the interests of African immigrants and refugees. They have 8 programs, one of which is the mentoring program. There are two components to the mentoring program: the one-on-one mentoring and the group ESL classes.
Teen Reach
Heather Polonsky: hpolonsky@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Albany Park
Description: Teen Reach is an after-school program in Albany Park. Volunteer responsibilities include tutoring and mentoring neighborhood middle-school students by providing them with homework help, coordinating physical fitness activities, assisting with arts and crafts, playing games, and leading other fun programming activities.
Centro Romero Afterschool
Isaac Hasson: isaachasson2013@u.northwestern.edu
Michelle Rodgers: michellerodgers2013@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Rogers Park
Description: Volunteers typically tutor children from ages 7-12. Each volunteer works with 1 to 3 children, and is expected to help them finish their homework, practice math, reading, and spelling, and then play games with them. Some knowledge of Spanish may be helpful, but not required.
Impact
Danielle Moehrke: daniellemoehrke2011@u.northwestern.edu
Kelli Marks: kellimarks2007@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Evanston
Description: IMPACT seeks to connect and utilize assets that each community possesses through relationships, events, and programs that will in turn better develop each community. We desire to foster growth within and between the Northwestern University, Evanston Township High School (ETHS), and Evanston communities. IMPACT runs a leadership program at ETHS for Sophomores and Juniors. Northwestern students facilitate monthly workshops and help the students carry out a project to better the Evanston or ETHS community. Visit impactnu.org or email impact.nu@gmail.com for more details.
