Volunteers interested in working with school-age children are needed for two Learning Resource Centers operated by Bridge Communities.
Bridge uses its Learning Resource Centers to supplement learning experiences for children in its Transitional Housing Program, which helps homeless families cross the bridge to self-sufficiency.
Single working mothers are often challenged to be able to give their children extra time to assist with homework and other learning activities; the Learning Resource Centers are places Bridge kids can go for help with homework, to practice reading, and to participate in a variety of fun activities.
Learning Resource Center volunteers need to be able to work an twice a month for an average of two to three hours at a time. Individuals interested in learning more about the volunteer opportunities at either the Naperville or Westmont Learning Resource Centers should contact Sharon Drucker, Children’s Activities Coordinator for Bridge Communities, at Sharon.drucker@bridgecommunities.org or (630) 618-8194.
Photo courtesy Heather Wachter / Bridge Communities
What are Bridge Communities?
Bridge Communities, Inc. is a dynamic, grassroots, nonprofit organization committed to transforming the lives of homeless families in DuPage County through partnering with talented, resourceful individuals and groups in the community. Its program of transitional housing, mentoring and supportive services empowers the families to increase life skills and earning power to promote self-sufficiency, sustain permanent housing, and to break the cycle of poverty within the family unit. What began by co-founders Mark Milligan and Bob Wahlgren when they decided, in 1988, to begin to help homeless families, has now become a powerful current of change in the lives of over 600 extremely low to low income at-risk families.
Families Helping Families in Naperville as well as many local churches are listed as Bridge Community Program Partners.
Thanks for interest!
To make a donation to support homeless families served by Bridge Communities, or to find out how to support Bridge in other ways, call Amy Van Polen at(630) 545-0610, ext.12 or visit www.bridgecommunities.org.
For details about upcoming fundraisers and special events such as the 5th Annual Glen Ellyn Backyard BBQ Cook Off on Sat., Sept. 14, as well as the Silver Jubilee to celebrate 25 years of Bridge Communities on Fri., Oct. 4, in Downers Grove, visit ww.bridgecommunities.org
