EV transforms lives and builds community by connecting school-age children and teens from disadvantaged urban neighborhoods with Harvard student volunteers in long-term tutoring and mentoring relationships supported by family and school advocacy.
Founded in 1980 by Marie-Claude and Brian Thompson, EV started as a rural summer camp for inner-city children and expanded five years later to a Tutoring and Mentoring Program to address the struggles and needs of our children throughout the school year. Since our first cohort of eight Harvard volunteers and the eight children they tutored, our program has grown to three full-time staff members and approximately 35 Harvard student volunteers matched with 35 children annually, in addition to the hundreds of alums and supporters that make up the EV family. The EV Summer Camp has similarly expanded its own roster of volunteers and staff, and currently runs three sessions each year.
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EV transforms lives and builds community by connecting school-age children and teens from disadvantaged urban neighborhoods with Harvard student volunteers in long-term tutoring and mentoring relationships supported by family and school advocacy.
Founded in 1980 by Marie-Claude and Brian Thompson, EV started as a rural summer camp for inner-city children and expanded five years later to a Tutoring and Mentoring Program to address the struggles and needs of our children throughout the school year. Since our first cohort of eight Harvard volunteers and the eight children they tutored, our program has grown to three full-time staff members and approximately 35 Harvard student volunteers matched with 35 children annually, in addition to the hundreds of alums and supporters that make up the EV family. The EV Summer Camp has similarly expanded its own roster of volunteers and staff, and currently runs three sessions each year.