Community service opportunities - tutoring

• Community Connections (formerly YWCA Davis Center)
  • Needs volunteers for interacting with children, doing art projects, tutoring, and helping with special projects.
    • Contact LaTwanda Smith, 354-6681, ext. 383.
    • 325 East Duval Street
    • Mon. - Fri. 3:30 - 5:30 PM
• Community Connections (formerly Beach Boulevard YWCA)
  • Contact Jo Johnson, 727-6460
• YMCA of Ponte Vedra/Palm Valley
  • Contact Connie Crook, teen director, 543-9622
• NationsBank YMCA, downtown Jacksonville
  • Contact Christine Chapman, 356-9622.
• The Link
  • Needs volunteers to read with students, help with homework, help with spelling & writing, playing educational games, and help with cooking skills.
    • Contact Eileen Howard, 246-0012.
    • Mon - Fri. 4:00 - 5:30 PM
• The Sanctuary of Northeast Florida
  • Needs you for tutoring, mentoring and playing with students from ages six to about 12 years of age. (Downtown Springfield)
    • Contact Vicky Watkins & Helene Stewart, 356-3588
    • 120 East 8th Street
    • Mon. - Thurs., 3:30 - 5:00 PM, during school year.
• The Bridge of Northeast Florida, Inc.
  • Needs tutors for working with children, teaching and supervising games, reading stories, and helping with homework (provide paper and pencils).
    • Contact Karen Boriss, 354-7799.
    • 320 West 8th Street
    • Seven days a week; call to ask when they need help.
• Project Upward & Beyond in the Pine Forest Community Center.
  • Monday through Thursday, 3:30 - 5:00 PM (elementary); 4:30 - 6:00 PM (middle school).
    • Contact Ms. Van Cleve-Miller.
    • Located at 3856 Grant Road
• Light House Learning Center.
  • Work with preschoolers in classroom situations. (Clay County Association for the Retarded)
    • Contact Page Degryse, 264-7392
    • 550 Kingsley Ave., Orange Park
• The Webb Center.
  • Contact Jennifer Keyworth, 398-3029.
    • 1075 Hendricks Ave.