October 06, 2022
Very few people can say they’ve been a part of the entire transformation of Seeds, from church basements to world-wide online. Jane Bohne is one of the few. She’s volunteered with us for 22 of our 25 years, amassing 2,130* hours of working with students. After college, Jane was a …
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October 01, 2022
“My children can learn the address and we won’t ever have to move again. No sharing backyards, or driveways. This is OUR home,” said Ashley Wilson. She moved into the newly-renovated, two-story, three-bedroom home —her very first single-family home— in August 2022. “My favorite room in the house is the …
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September 07, 2022
As Seeds President Bonnie Entler gives new employees the welcome tour, she introduces coworkers with a little background information, such as “one of the long-time staffers” or “new, just like you!” But now there’s a growing category of employees — “The Boomerangs” also called “The Returned.” These are the staff …
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September 01, 2022
1997 was an eventful year. In the United States, it began with Bill Clinton being sworn in for his second term, with Madeline Albright becoming the first woman to serve as Secretary of State. In the skies overhead, the Hale-Bopp Comet lit up the night skies. Culturally, there were many …
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May 18, 2022
When asked if there was anything he’d like to address, tutor Joel Genuth joked, “I’d like to address Gettysburg, but Abraham Lincoln already did that far better than I could.” He brings a level of humor to all of his tutoring sessions that is appreciated by the students. “If it …
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April 18, 2022
April 18 – April 2022 “We won’t do it,” they said. “We refuse to choose just one.” But each Site Coordinator had to do just that when they selected a tutor to represent all of the wonderful volunteers at Seeds during Volunteer Appreciation Week. Make no mistake, every tutor is …
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March 17, 2022
When the pandemic hit, virtual tutor Jen Woda had already been quarantining for months. In September 2019, she had a kidney transplant. All was going well but before she could get out in the world again, COVID struck and her weakened immune system isolated her more than most. Jennifer Woda …
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March 01, 2022
“If every education program was run the same way as Seeds, there’d be no dropout rate in this country. The one-to-one attention, the obvious caring, these are the things that make a huge difference.” “Some students need more individual attention, and I was one of them, ” said 2017 GED …
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January 31, 2022
Most people dream about retirement, especially those who worked 12-plus-hour-days regularly. But when you do what you love, you never work a day in your life. For those people, retirement isn’t just bittersweet, it’s downright daunting. For 42 years, Seeds tutor Sharon Vejdovec worked in elementary schools as a teacher …
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January 18, 2022
Michigan resident Rob Pyle works as an engineering supervisor at Ford, but in his spare time, he promotes a unique tutoring program in Ohio. He is a member of several GED support groups on Facebook and Reddit, walking students through tricky math problems and often interacting with adults who would …
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