City of Philadelphia - File #: 060190

• File #: 060190
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 3/9/2006
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 3/9/2006
• Title: Honoring Experience Corps Philadelphia on the occasion of its 10th Anniversary.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Kenney, Council President Verna, Council President Verna, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Clarke

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/9/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
3/9/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
3/9/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
3/9/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
3/9/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass
3/9/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

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Honoring Experience Corps Philadelphia on the occasion of its 10^th Anniversary.

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WHEREAS, Experience Corps Philadelphia began in the 1995-1996 school year by engaging older adult volunteers in tutoring and mentoring K-3 students in order to increase literacy support in Philadelphia’s public elementary schools; and

WHEREAS, Experience Corps Philadelphia, which started in just two schools with a handful of volunteers, now operates in over 40 schools with more than 500 volunteers providing 200,000 hours of support to 3,500 students; and

WHEREAS, Students supported by Experience Corps Philadelphia have raised their reading ability by an average of 1.5 grade levels per year; and

WHEREAS, Experience Corps Philadelphia is the “flagship” and leader within the national Experience Corps program, which spans 14 cities, serving as a model for similar projects in cities such as Boston, Cleveland, New York, Washington D.C., Portland, Minneapolis, Port Arthur, Chicago, Baltimore, Kansas City, San Francisco, Indianapolis, and others; and

WHEREAS, Volunteers of Experience Corps Philadelphia have been shown to benefit through improved physical and psychological health, increased community connections, and rewarding friendships with fellow volunteers; and

WHEREAS, Experience Corps Philadelphia has been hailed by local teachers, principles, community leaders and legislators; and

WHEREAS, Philadelphia Experience Corps has developed a national model Leadership Institute for older adults to develop their skills as community and civic leaders, and

WHEREAS, These achievements were recognized nationally in 2004 when the U.S. Administration on Aging selected Experience Corps Philadelphia as an “Aging Well, Living Well Program Champion,” calling the program a “pioneering” model for the nation, and in 2006 was recognized by the National Council on Aging as one of four premier models for the civic engagement of retirees and older adults, and was selected by Harvard University’s Robert Putnam as one of the 12 most effective programs in the US at building Social Capital; now therefore

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That we hereby honor Experience Corps Philadelphia on the occasion of its 10^th anniversary.

FURTHER RESOLVED, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to Robert Tietze, Director of Experience Corps Philadelphia as evidence of the sincere sentiments of this legislative body. 

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