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Christy Bugher, Executive Director of the United Way, left, joins
Empowering second and fourth
graders during their first day of After
School Tutoring, and presents United Way’s first
quarterly check for
2019-20 to Greenville Program Coordinator Kay Sloat.
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United Way increases Empowering support for the 2019-20 school year
GREENVILLE – United Way Executive Director Christy Bugher joined the
Empowering After School Program second and fourth graders during their
first day of tutoring at Greenville Elementary School. She presented
the United Way’s first quarterly check for 2019-20, a major increase in
the organization’s support for the Empowering program. Receiving the
check was Empowering Greenville Program Coordinator Kay Sloat.
“This is a great program,” Bugher said. “I’m glad we were able to not
only continue our support, but to increase it as well.” This is
Empowering Darke County Youth’s fourth year as a United Way Partner
Agency.
With the support and help of Greenville personnel, Sloat has developed
binders and learning material for all grades, and designated specific
days for elementary grades in order to better focus on student
individual needs. “We needed to have support materials that would
challenge the students, regardless of where they were in the learning
curve for their grade.” Students needing the most help have
step-by-step reading and math goals they can reach at their own speed.
Students needing less help have the ability to reach their grade level
earlier and graduate out of the program, making it possible to better
focus on the students coming in throughout the year.
“This is a win-win program,” said Bob Robinson, Empowering Executive
Director. “We are addressing different student learning levels as they
work on their individual packets. It allows us to provide the best
support possible for each student,” he continued. “Kay spent pretty
much the entire summer putting this plan together… and it’s working! We
can now more easily track every student’s progress in reading,
comprehension and math.”
Robinson added he is “extremely grateful” for the United Way support.
“Our very first year, Christy and the United Way were there for us.
Three years later they are still providing the major support we need
for our program. We wouldn’t be able to do this without them. I can’t
thank them enough!”
Empowering Darke County Youth is now working with Ansonia Local Schools
in establishing a program on their campus. Through its After School and
Summer programs, Empowering tutors and volunteers have provided over
15,000 hours of academic support to nearly 700 students throughout
Darke County.
Empowering needs the community to help its kids succeed. Get more
information on how by contacting Empowering Facebook or emailing
empoweringyouth101@gmail.com. Donations may be sent to Empowering Darke
County Youth, PO Box 1113, Greenville, Ohio 45331. Empowering Darke
County Youth is a 501c3 non-profit organization.
The Empowering Mission: Empowering Darke County Youth provides After
School and Summer Tutoring programs to assist students in the areas of
language arts and math with the goal of Strong Students for a Strong
Community.
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