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Tutor Spotlight: LaShurn Purnell
03.06.2025This month, Heart Math Tutoring is proud to feature volunteer LaShurn Purnell! LaShurn began tutoring in the 2019/20 school year and since then, she has supported 9 individual students across 5 different Charlotte schools! Heart Program Coordinators know her as a “strong and consistent tutor,” and are grateful for her dedication to her students. LaShurn’s employer, Brighthouse Financial, has also been a long-time supporter of Heart Math Tutoring and is committed to positively impacting the lives of youth in the Charlotte community.
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Heart’s 3rd Annual Tutor Thank You Party
05.30.2017Thank you to all of our tutors who joined us for the 3rd Annual Tutor Thank You Party! We are so grateful to all of our volunteers for choosing to spend your time with Heart students. It has made such...
Heart Math Tutoring Receives Apparo’s Mission Possible Economic Opportunity Grant
05.03.2017Heart was awarded a $60,000 cash and pro bono contribution from Accenture at Apparo’s ConnectivIT Ball, presented by Microsoft! The award is Apparo’s first Mission Possible Economic Opportunity Aw...
Students, Families and Tutors Celebrate End of Year
04.28.2017Through May 11, families, tutors, and students will gather to celebrate students’ progress in Heart with food and fun. Parents will learn math games to play at home, and students will receive goodie...
Volunteer Appreciation Month – Celebrating “Double Dippers”
04.05.2017April is National Volunteer Month! This month we celebrate all of our volunteers who support students each week! Throughout April we will highlight several of our “Double Dipper” volunteers w...
Leading on Opportunity – The Opportunity Task Force’s call to action
03.31.2017By Emily Elliott Alarmingly, Charlotte and Atlanta ranked 50th out of 50 in economic mobility among the largest U.S. cities in a 2013 Harvard / UC Berkley study. A $400,000 report summarizing 18 mo...