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Community service generates reading explosion and other rewards

7/25/2018

Employment Security Department

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 25, 2018

#18-040 

Medic contact: Kari Wood, Washington Service Corps, 360-902-9622

OLYMPIA – Washington Reading Corps member Kathryn Dressler caused an explosion in an elementary school classroom last year and didn’t hurt a soul.

In fact, the kids felt like superheroes and the teachers cheered because the blast blew the kids’ reading scores through the roof.  It was a “reading explosion,” said some teachers at the Olympia Regional Learning Academy.

Funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service will allow Dressler to return to the academy for the 2018-19 school year. It also will pay for 224 other Reading Corps tutors, who will be dispatched to improve student reading skills in schools around the state.

The Washington Service Corps received funding as well and will send another 500 members to communities around the state this fall to help meet educational, environmental, health and public safety needs.

The two programs, part of the federal AmeriCorps program and administered by the state Employment Security Department, will use grants totaling more than $9 million to help Washington communities address pressing needs:

  • Tutoring elementary school students and English-language learners.
  • Helping unemployed people prepare for the workplace and find jobs.
  • Restoring prairie, stream and coastal habitats.
  • Helping senior citizens and people with disabilities get access to meals, transportation and healthcare services.
  • Training people to prepare for disasters.

In return for their service, AmeriCorps members receive a modest living allowance, health insurance, training and an educational scholarship. Eligible members with children also can receive help with childcare.

Many positions for the 2018-19 program year, which begins in August and September, are still open. To apply, go to washingtonservicecorps.org.

In addition, more schools and non-profits are needed to host members. Go to washingtonservicecorps.org to learn more about hosting a Washington Service Corps or Washington Reading Corps member.

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