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Fabulous Five!

Believe it or not, Heart Tutoring has around 115 tutors in the 2019-20 school year who have been tutoring students for five years or more! We would like to congratulate and thank these special people for their dedication to helping students succeed in math! Of those tutors, six have been tutoring with the Heart program for 10 years, beginning when Heart was a pilot program.

Our 5+ year tutors are listed below, and a full list of our 1,300 2019-20 tutors can be found … continue reading

Our Tutors are Making Tens!

Heart Math Tutoring was incorporated 7 years ago, and 3 years prior to that, volunteers and partners began piloting the program. It doesn’t require counting on your fingers to know that this means a special group of tutors have hit their 10^th YEAR OF VOLUNTEERING!! With deep appreciation, our team is honored to thank these six tutors for the impact they have had on more than 120 students. Read the highlights and memories from Minna Elliott, Martha Eubank, Catherine Fischer, Reid Leggett, Margaret Marshall, and … continue reading

Program Updates – Piloting New Resources for Students, Teachers, and Families

We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy! Heart Tutoring will be piloting various ways to support students, teachers, and families, and we wanted to give you a quick update as of early April. Schools, please contact your Program Coordinator or Program Manager to continue to let us know how we can help!

Students
CMS has paired our 4^th and 5^th graders with digital devices for online learning and correspondence with their teachers, while 1^st-3^rd grade students, who make up the … continue reading

2020/21 Philanthropy Update

Heart Tutoring, currently partnering with twenty-three high need elementary schools, is raising funds to serve 1,200 students in 2020/21. As of March 30^th, more than 30 organizations and 330 individuals have contributed $1,161,237 – thank you! An additional ~$350,000 is needed by June 30^th, 2020.

Heart Tutoring recently received renewed support from five long term funding partners. Wells Fargo, Sisters of Mercy of NC Foundation and Charlotte Woman’s Club have been supporting Heart students since 2014, and recent grants from Barings and TIAA … continue reading

Heart Tutoring Updates: COVID-19

Ways to Help:

• Support a local food bank – Loaves and Fishes and Second Harvest Food Bank need donations as well as volunteers! View a full list of local food banks here.
• Families Forward Charlotte is collecting donations in order to continue supporting the families of Mecklenburg County with whom they partner during this time of high need. Click here for more details!
• Urban Ministry Center is serving lunch in the soup kitchen and can use non-perishable bagged lunches. More details can be