Wednesday Tutoring Program
Who we are:
Every Wednesday during the semester, vans of University volunteers go to a neighboring community, where University students tutor and mentor elementary school children (pre-k to 6th grade) for several hours. Volunteers help the children with homework, reading, workbooks, crafts and games.
Why do we do this?
In the community we serve, children face many risks and challenges. By forming relationships with university students, we hope that these children will gain positive role models and look to education as a solution.
Is the Wednesday Tutoring Program a religious program?
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As Lutherans, we do this program because of a deep sense of God’s Call to love and serve our neighbor. We believe that every person, regardless of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, etc., is a beloved child of God. By our actions and by the way we love others, we hope that everyone will know and experience that deep unconditional love that comes from God. While the tutoring program is put on by Lutheran Campus Ministry, there is no religious instruction involved, and volunteers do not need to have a certain religious orientation to participate or contribute to the program. In this way, we can engage a large spectrum of people in this experience of caring.