Children First of Buncombe County
Project POWER (Putting Opportunities Within Everyone's Reach)
Address: 50 South French Broad, Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: (828) 259-9717
Fax: (828) 281-3308
Website: www.ChildrenFirstBC.org
Email: info@childrenfirstbc.orgSummary: All (19 full-time and 10 full-time Professional Corps Members) tutor students identified as reading below grade level. 20 full-time Members mentor two middle or high school youth in one hour weekly sessions designed to improve attitudes toward school. 10 full-time Members facilitate service learning and conflict resolution projects for students and 9 full-time Members recruit, train and manage volunteers to tutor/mentor additional youth the Asheville area. One full-time Member serves as the AmeriCorps Team Leader.
