A major variable between education in the United States and elsewhere is the amount of time students spend in the learning environment. With that in mind the Forum has created the 500 Plan. The goal is simple…to add 500 volunteers, making at least an eight week commitment to work with elementary students for approximately one hour on Wednesday afternoons.
Contact (970) 242-3214 or 500plan@gjchamber.org for more information..
Special thanks you to Alpine Bank and Bank of Colorado for their generous donations to support The Read With A Child.
Volunteers will need to:
• Submit to a background test and fingerprinting to assure student safety
• Attend a two hour class on working with students. The class will be scheduled several times over the next few weeks
• Commit to at least an eight week session
Employers are being asked to:
Allow employees to be vacant from work for one hour on Wednesday afternoons
Encourage participation among all employees
Sign up themselves for the program
Make a contribution to the Mesa County Business Education Foundation equivalent to $50 per employee to help cover the 500 Plan’s cost, including background checks (This is not required but donations will be needed to offset costs of about $25,000
You can choose to do all of the above or selected elements.
The community, working in tandem, can add 500 hours of instruction a week to our children with this program. The Mesa County Business Education Foundation hopes this is just the beginning and that the community will work together in other ways to add time to our education system..
I want to help build a world class education system in the Grand Valley.
I will be one of the 500
I will help support the program financially with a $50 tax deductible donation to the Mesa County Business Education Foundation to help cover the costs of the plan.
Download Volunteer/Donor Form:
Second Quarter 500 Plan Tutoring Dates:
October 22, 2014 – December 17, 2014
(No tutoring November 26th – Thanksgiving break)
Each Wednesday from 2:00-3:00 pm
Training Schedule for new tutors Wednesday, October 1, 2014
8:00-10:00 am
Emerson Training Modular
930 Ute Ave
Grand Junction, CO 81501
Third Quarter 500 Plan Tutoring Dates:
January 14, 2015 – March 4, 2015
Each Wednesday from 2:00-3:00 pm
Training Schedule for new tutors
Thursday, December 11, 2014
8:00-10:00 am
Emerson Downstairs Conference Room
930 Ute Ave
Grand Junction, CO 81501
Fourth Quarter 500 Plan Tutoring Dates:
March 11, 2015 – May 13, 2015
(No tutoring March 25th and April 1st – Spring Break)
Each Wednesday from 2:00-3:00pm
Training Schedule
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
8:00-10:00 am
Emerson Downstairs Conference Room
930 Ute Ave
Grand Junction, CO 81501