Bridge the Gap is committed to providing the children of Marin City with one-on-one tutoring and a nurturing and productive environment to improve their schoolwork and learning skills.

Description:
Commitment: We ask that each tutor be willing to meet consistently with their student either on Monday evenings, Tuesday evenings, at our tutoring center in Marin City. In addition, we ask that tutors contact their students before each session to confirm and encourage the student's attendance. The program runs throughout the school year and has a summer break.

After becoming familiar with our setting at the Marin City Church of God, each new tutor will be assigned a student. Students work with their tutors in on-on-one pairs and remain in the same pair throughout the year.

We have a Teacher and Program Coordinator who help the tutor-student pairs build stronger reading and comprehension, as well as homework and math.

History:
Denni Locke, Fred Small and Bob Hunter started Bridge The Gap Tutoring in 1995 with a handful of students and tutors at the Marin City Church of God. With the help of volunteers and funding from Sausalito Presbyterian Church, the Marin Community Foundation, and various local organizations, the program gradually expanded. In 1998 Bridge The Gap added the services of an on-site teacher.

Today the program serves approximately 40 students from the Marin City Community. We continue to receive funding from several Marin and Bay Area foundations, companies and individuals. In the 2006-2007 school year our volunteers will donate over 4,000 fun and productive hours to our project.

Contact people:

Robert Hunter, Co-Director, (phone), (email) Denni Locke, Co-Director, (phone), (email)

Address:

639 Drake Avenue Marin City, CA 94965 (See a map)