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Heart Math Tutoring and Promising Pages partner to spread the joy of learning

Did you know, in Charlotte more than 60,000 children are growing up in “book deserts,” meaning homes with few or no books? Local nonprofit Promising Pages is working to combat this by collecting and sharing new and donated books with under-resourced families and schools across Charlotte. Heart Math Tutoring is excited to share that we’ve partnered with Promising Pages to allow each Heart student in Charlotte to take home two math-themed, grade-level appropriate books before winter break!

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2025 Annual Report

We are excited to share Heart Math Tutoring’s 2025 Annual Reports, highlighting student results, donor impact, and more across the Charlotte, Charleston, and Winston-Salem communities. In the 2024/25 school year, our generous donors, dedicated tutors, and community partners worked to provide one-on-one tutoring to over 1,400 elementary students across 29 schools in the Carolinas. Thank you to those who gave their time and resources to help ensure all elementary students build a strong foundation in math and the confidence needed for long-term success! 

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Volunteer Spotlight: Super Tutor Morris Rosen

As we head into another impactful year of tutoring, we are feeling grateful to Heart tutors, families, donors, and community partners for their dedication to Heart’s students’ success. It is a community effort to provide student support, and today, we’d like to shine the spotlight on a tutor who shows up each week for his students, Morris Rosen! Morris has volunteered with Heart for three years in addition to serving as a volunteer tutor with our fellow Charlotte nonprofit, Augustine Literacy Project. Read below … continue reading

Heart Charleston in the Media

Looking for some good news? Heart Math Tutoring has been highlighted twice this week by local Charleston media outlets! Thank you to Palmetto Life and Lowcountry Live for featuring Heart’s Executive Director of the Charleston Region, Madison Anderson, and our Program Director, Dave Smith. We’re very grateful for these opportunities to spread the word about tutoring and reach potential volunteers. As you can hear from Dave in the Palmetto Life segment, tutoring is fun, impactful, and it’s easy to get involved; we hope viewers will … continue reading

Charlotte’s QC Life Shares Heart’s Volunteer Recruitment Kickoff

Heart Math Tutoring’s Director of Volunteer Operations, Padgett Vaughn, appeared on Charlotte’s QC Life on Monday to share about volunteering as a tutor! Featured as part of QC Life’s Back to School segment, Padgett and host Jana Angel spoke about the need for student support this year and how Heart Tutors help students with not just math skills, but confidence in their academic abilities by meeting students where they are with an individualized curriculum and being a consistent “cheerleader” in their life.          

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