April 18, 2024
Anyone that knows Anne immediately recognizes her gentle kindness. Some might say she’s sweet as honey. She wouldn’t hurt a fly, or in this case, a honey bee. Since she was a little girl, Anne Cudnik, a Virtual Site Coordinator at Seeds, has loved honey bees. Some kids have security …
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January 22, 2024
“It’s warm in the winter, cool in the summer, the coffee is free, and once in awhile, someone brings donuts,” joked long-time tutor Dean Knauss. Those things are true, but it’s actually the progress of the students that keeps him coming back. Echoing what many tutors tell us, he loves …
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December 11, 2023
Mark Yanochko, retired owner of Mark S. Yanochko Technical Services, Inc, has been named by Crain’s as a Notable Nonprofit Board Leader. Mark has been a familiar face in the Seeds of Literacy classroom for more over 19 years, with more than 2,344 hours of tutoring (at the time of …
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September 12, 2023
Recently, Seeds of Literacy had to do something it should never have to do – turn students away. We promise a one-to-one learning experience, but sometimes we have as many as 30 students for only 5 tutors during any given class. (This is especially true for our Virtual Classroom.) …
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July 12, 2023
Just one month after our Silver Jubilee 25th Anniversary celebration, Seeds of Literacy capped off the milestone year with the largest graduating class to date. Just hours before the end of our fiscal year, the final GED tester passed, becoming the 150th graduate! Nearly a third of the grads packed …
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April 24, 2023
Seeds of Literacy President & CEO Bonnie Entler has been named one of 2023’s Notables in Education Leadership by Crain’s. She was previously recognized by the publication, earning a spot on the 2019 Notable Women in Education list. ~ Republished from the Crain’s Announcement~ Education comes in different forms and …
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April 14, 2023
For years, Nonprofit HR has proudly recognized women across North America who have made significant contributions to nonprofits, associations, foundations, social enterprises, and the communities they serve. This year they called on their expanded community to help identify and recognize outstanding women who accomplish the seemingly impossible against all odds. …
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January 17, 2023
If you watch local news, you probably saw Seeds of Literacy in a segment or two. Check out our recent press coverage below. To commemorate the opening of Ceasars Sportsbook in Cleveland, Ceasars and the Cleveland Cavaliers presented Seeds with a check both large in size and in value. It …
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December 05, 2022
Before moving to Virginia, Billy Hallal was a Site Coordinator at Seeds. You can take the boy out of Seeds but you can’t take Seeds out of the boy. Now at ForKids — one of the largest providers of homeless services to families in Virginia — he’s still sharing our …
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November 14, 2022
This tip originally appeared in the November issue of Tutor News from Dr. Carmine Stewart, VP Programming “But I Don’t Do Math.” During every tutor training I have attended, someone says “I would love to tutor, but I don’t do math.” For most tutors, and even the staff, it’s been a …
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