Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Help Often, One Kid At A Time

826LA Executive Director Joel Arquillos was recently featured on The Huffington Post, discussing the work of 826 and our model of individualized and consistent attention for the students we serve. In an except from the piece, Joel wrote:

In the end, what really helps the young people we serve is one-on-one attention. Students don't get enough of this in their regular school day in classrooms that might see a forty-students-to-one-teacher ratio. If we're going to level the playing field for students attending public schools, it's essential we recruit more committed volunteers to fill the gaps in the schooling of at-risk youth. As one of our veteran volunteers, J. Ryan Stradal, puts it, "As an 826LA volunteer, with whatever age group I'm working with, I like to think, 'What would I want to learn at that age, and how would I want to learn it?' 826LA is my own second chance at the learning experience I was hungry for."

You can read Joel's full article here. 826LA was also recently featured on ABC 7 in Los Angeles: