Education Volunteer Corps (EVcorps) volunteers are students recruited from top universities who commit to a multi-year, one-on-one tutoring and mentoring relationship with an inner-city child or teen. Your support provides EVcorps volunteers ongoing training, regular family and school advocacy for their EVkids, and an opportunity to reflect with peers on their service experience. They average 36 months of service and graduate from EV to become life-long agents of positive social change.
“Joining EV was the most important and the best decision I made throughout my college years. I knew I was going to teach, but it was those Wednesday afternoons at EV that ignited my passion for urban education. Fifteen years later, I am teaching at an inner-city school in Dorchester, and have sent many of my students to EV tutoring and camp.” Millicent Hartgering, Lesley ‘94
“My volunteer work as a tutor and camp counselor with Earthen Vessels was probably the most significant and formative experience of my college years. . . EV helped me discover my true passion for education. It also deeply enriched my spiritual life and my sense of service. [A]s a teacher in a Catholic prep school . . . I know how the seeds I plant will sprout and bear fruit some day, and that gives me a great sense of satisfaction and joy.” Jessica (Goldman) Kenworthey, Harvard ‘89
“Earthen Vessels cemented and strengthened in me my life’s goal of making a positive difference in people’s lives. I strive to continue that sense of purpose that was honed during my years with EV. As an attorney in Los Angeles, I provide free legal services to low-wage workers. And I see my work as a continuation of the work I started doing with EV.” José Tello, Harvard ‘95
ABC-News profile of EVcorps alums Rebecca and Tom Malone
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