What makes Vecinos Unidos unique is that all of our programs are staffed entirely by volunteers and funded solely by individual, corporate, and foundation donations and grants.
Vecinos Unidos provides a year round program consisting of homework assistance during the school year and a summer program during July and August. Attendees are area youths who need assistance they cannot find at home. Students come from homes where English is not spoken and economic and cultural factors put them at risk of academic struggle and potentially failure.
Vecinos Unidos assists students four days a week, 90 minutes daily with their homework and long-term school projects. After homework is completed, students are required to read orally to an adult for 20 minutes and then urged to participate in skill-building activities such as flash cards, puzzles, vocabulary development and educational games. During the summer, Vecinos Unidos keeps education first by offering a wealth of different educational activities for students three days a week, two hours daily.
Support for these programs can be made from our Wish List in order to provide the necessary supplies our volunteers and students need all year.