Embracing Young Minds

Experience Corps is a community-based volunteer program that engages people over 50 as tutors to help students become better readers by the end of third grade.

While Experience Corps is national in scope (fostered in partnership with the AARP Foundation), your local Experience Corps of Greater New Haven (EC-GNH) program is dedicated to supporting the local community in and around the New Haven area.

Together, we help students succeed and seniors discover their full power as essential community members.

Thanks to the special "Structured Session Program", tutors follow a well-planned process, helping students gain confidence.

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The EC-GNH Community Team of volunteers aims to provide useful content on this site. Did you know we have volunteer opportunities for a range of activities? In addition to volunteer tutors (limited to those 50 years and over), our volunteers help in nearly all aspects of the program!
We've opened the doors to a whole new chapter of community empowerment with intergenerational participation and new projects.

Experience Corps Greater New Haven Mission Statement:

We prepare and support volunteer literacy tutors over the age of 50 to help students become better readers by the end of third grade. Our work sparks curiosity, boosts educational outcomes, and enriches the lives of students, their families, and dedicated volunteers. We are neighbors helping neighbors.