April 02, 2025
Silver Linings: Lee Markowitz (This article was originally published in the Cleveland Jewish News 3/28/25, Lydia Kacala) Solon resident Lee Markowitz has been volunteering since he graduated from college, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Kenyon College in Gambier and his Ph.D. in social psychology from Bowling …
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March 11, 2025
“This award belongs to everyone,” tutor Dean Knauss told a busy class on March 11. “Without all of you, I wouldn’t be standing here now.” Just three days earlier, Dean received the ServeOhio Award from the Ohio Commission on Service and Volunteerism at a ceremony and luncheon in Columbus. This …
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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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April 02, 2023
As a writer of children’s and young adult literature, Tricia Springstubb carries a pen and notebook with her always, ready if inspiration strikes. It’s served her well – she’s published nearly 20 books, and her most recent sold more than 100,000 copies! As an author, she’s a frequent speaker at …
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March 12, 2023
Word of Mouth is the #1 recruitment source for students and quite often, for tutors too. Lynne recruited her brother-in-law to work in the Virtual Classroom. LYNNE MEILLEUR-BRENNER joined Seeds in 2018, not knowing what to expect, but ready to make a difference. She signed up for tutor training after …
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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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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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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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