1000 Hearts for 1000 Minds

For only one hour a week, you can change the life of a child!

The Silicon Valley is facing an education crisis. Too many of our students are not proficient in the core subject areas of literacy, mathematics and science and with budget cuts, schools are struggling to get by, leaving many students under-served. At the same time, leading Silicon Valley companies are starving for talent and having trouble recruiting locally because students are not equipped with the skills needed to compete in the local job market.

In response to this dire situation, 1,000 Hearts for 1,000 Minds was launched. This initiative is a partnership between the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and the City of San Jose, and endorsed by the Cities Association of Santa Clara County, which aims to leverage the creative energy of the world’s most innovative workforce and residents to inspire excellence among 1,000 students in literacy, math, and science and thereby narrow the achievement gap in Silicon Valley.

The goal is to link 1,000 caring adults with 1,000 struggling public school students in grades K-8 through tutoring and mentoring programs for just 1 hour per week for as little as 8-to-12 weeks.

We make volunteering easy; we have partnered with 15 non-profit programs that provide quality tutoring and mentoring services to our under-performing students at all times of the day and all days of the week. All members of our community – professionals, high school and college students, retirees, stay-at-home parents – who are interested in a small time commitment opportunity to make a big impact in their community are perfect for 1,000 Hearts for 1,000 Minds. Contact us and we will match you up with the program that is best for your schedule and interests.

Click here to register.

You can also contact our Program Associate Natasha Baker at volunteer@hearts4minds.org, 408-501-7874

Boys and Girls Club Power Hour and STEM program : Assist with homework and/or science and math projects after school

Citizen Schools : Share your expertise in a certain field or hobby with middle school students as a volunteer teacher in the afternoons

Catholic Charities: CORAL: Enhance academic achievement through literacy and/or project-based learning in the afternoon

Catholic Charities: El Toro Youth Center: Support academic success through homework assistance, computer literacy and/or project-based learning in the afternoon

Girls for a Change : Empower girls to create social change in their communities in a 14-week program

Grail Family Services – Yes We Can…Read! : Increase literacy skills for K-1 children through one-to-one weekly tutoring

MOUSE Squad : Empower students to learn 21st century skills in IT – special effort towards females

Reading Partners : Improve an elementary school student’s reading skills through one-to-one weekly tutoring

Sacred Heart Community Services : Tutor K-8 children in math and language arts at the after-school homework center

Silicon Valley Education Foundation: Stepping Up to Algebra : Teach 8th graders Algebra through a Saturday program or online through remote tutoring