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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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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October 22, 2021
~ From the Law to Leadership: Finding the fun in learning ~ UPDATE: October 22, 2021 – The Center for Community Solutions recognized Ed Round with a Most Treasured Volunteer Award. Ed was with us during the launch of our beginning reader program, the closure from the pandemic, and while …
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April 16, 2021
Each year, we celebrate National Volunteer Appreciation Week by highlighting just a few of our INCREDIBLE volunteers! (And, each year, staff members gripe about having to pick JUST ONE (each) to highlight). Here are their submissions: Many of our students are intimidated by math when they first join Seeds and …
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November 01, 2020
Julie Rea was excited to become a tutor and a simple Google search brought her to Seeds. “I think working with a student one-to-one, where you can really understand what they need to know — and how they learn— is incredibly effective,” she said. But Seeds closed shortly after she …
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June 11, 2018
At Seeds, we often ask our tutors to imagine their way into the lives of our students. Michael Gingerich doesn’t have to. Gingerich started tutoring at Seeds’ West Side location in early 2016. He’d grown up in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood, so it was something of a homecoming for him. More …
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April 16, 2018
Dr. Chantal Dothey has been volunteering as a math tutor with Seeds of Literacy for six years. When she was a physician at MetroHealth, she popped down the street to the West 25th Street location for evening classes. As luck would have it, Seeds East opened just as she retired …
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