EV (Earthen Vessels)

EV recruits, trains, and mobilizes a motivated volunteer corps of university students to empower inner-city children from the most disadvantaged neighborhoods of Boston to succeed in school and beyond.

EVcorps student volunteers provide multi-year, one-on-one afterschool tutoring and mentoring, serving for an average of 36 months. EV supports its EVcorps student volunteers and the EVkids we serve with family and school advocacy, building a strong community of support. EV also owns a nine-acre summer camp in the Green Mountains of Vermont where EVkids are challenged to build character, sociability and sportsmanship.

Over the last five years, 94% of EVkids have returned to our Afterschool Program from one year to the next and they have a college matriculation rate of 93%. Our EVcorps volunteers graduate to become life-long agents of positive social change.

“As a teacher with students attending EV, I see significant positive changes in the students and in families when they start working with EV. Malika, a third grader, started tutoring this year. She’s a student who has struggled with math, self-confidence and school attendance. Because she is one of the older children in her family, she sometimes has to miss school to take care of her younger siblings. Since she has started tutoring, she has much more courage and confidence when tackling math problems. I have seen her math skills improve significantly, and she is so happy to tell me about all the help that she gets from her tutor. She also hasn’t missed a day of school!”
Millicent Hartgering, EVcorps alum, Neighborhood House Charter School

EV is proud to be recognized as an Associate Partner of Mass Mentoring’s Quality-Based Membership program.