Can't Come? Spread the Word!

Too busy to come but you still want to help out?

It's easy!  Just spread the word!

You may be planning to come back someday but your schedule just isn't allowing you - all you need a few seconds to click on the "Share" button and you'll be lending a hand in a big way!

How to do it?  Check out the ways below.

1. Just join our VolunTutor group page on Facebook and share our posts to your friends and groups.

2.  Share our blog posts by pressing the social media buttons below each blog post.

3. You can also share about your experiences so your friends and family can be part of the mission!

Got more ideas?  Share them with us!

Together we can make a difference!

Tutorials resume June 15th!

We invite you to make a difference in a young person's life!  Meet the He Cares Mission Scholars who come from challenged urban communities. Teach them for a while, inspire them for a lifetime! 

We teach elementary school children basic English and Math. The more you come, the more they learn! The more they learn, the more they will stay in school and be able to graduate!

Join us on:

Tuesdays (8:30 am to 11am and/or 2 to 4 pm)
Wednesdays (8:30 am to 11am and/or 2 to 4 pm)
Thursdays (8:30 am to 11am and/or 2 to 4 pm)
Fridays (8:30 am to 11am and/or 2 to 4 pm)
Saturdays (1-3pm)

IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS:
• Must be 21 years old or older

• Only for Tuesdays to Fridays tutorials - Must be able to come at least 2x a week - we have found that the weekday children are in more need of a stable relationship with their voluntutors. This way, the children's progress will be monitored better. For the weekday morning sessions, we have Grade 4 to 11 children and for the afternoon session, we have Grade 6 and 10 children and 3 preschoolers. Please consider volunteering on a weekday as we usually need more volunteers then.

Location: He Cares Mission Building, 9 Mines St. Proj.6, Quezon City

Sign up with:
Ardis Sola 09176299374 (Tuesday to Friday sessions)
Evelyn Parrilla 09166613486 (Saturday sessions)

Please let us know you are coming so you can be informed of any last minute announcements.

Questions? E-mail hecares.backtoschool@gmail.com 
***Please come early for the orientation and if possible, please send us your details via iVolunteer events page https://ivolunteer.com.ph/organizations/22 so your slot is reserved.

Join our Facebook group for schedules and announcements
https://www.facebook.com/groups/voluntutors/

How to tutor and more info about He Cares Mission at our blog http://voluntutoring.blogspot.com/

About the He Cares Mission :www.hecaresmission.com

More Schedules to Join!

Thanks to YOU we have MORE schedules to join!!! We need you (and a lot of you!) We now have tutorials on:

All Saturdays - 1 to 3 pm [Grade 1 to 3] and 2:40 - 5 pm [Grade 4 to 6]

Mondays to Fridays - 9 to 11 am and 2 to 4 pm

Visit this page to sign 

up: https://ivolunteer.com.ph/organizations/22

For inquiries: hecaresvoluntutor@gmail.com
http://tiny.cc/voluntutor

We are adding more children to tutor because you are making a GREAT IMPACT on their studies!!! We are picking the students who are having the most challenging time so please please come and help. Please share this to those who might be interested.

Thank you so much!

Volunteering Motivated Me

Signing up to VolunTutor made me feel motivated, and not just in tutoring and children's education but also on other things.  In a weird way, it's the equivalent of watching a very inspiring movie but it's a lot more effective.  Most people have something that they wanted to do but somehow also have a lot of reason to procrastinate doing it.  I'm also the same.  I procrastinate a lot of my plans in life (e.g. projects, plans, journey, etc). 

Many motivational speakers or life advisers would say to just start it.  It makes sense since the hardest part of doing something is starting it.  I'm grateful that I decided to start this VolunTutor activity since I was personally able test that advice.  It made me realize that once you take the step to start, the next steps suddenly becomes clear in your mind, as I've been wanting to teach kids for a long time now. 

Once I started your Voluntutor, even on my first try, I already gathered some insights about teaching, and I wouldn't get that if I stayed in my comfort zone and keep telling myself to start teaching kids only when I know more about it.  (Aren't most people like that?  You'll hear things like "l'll do this/that when bla bla bla", but isn't it, on most occasions, the best time to do something is now).  So, since I started, I usually, whether intentional or not, gather new insights about teaching and use that to refine my skill, for next time.  Isn't that what I wanted in the first place, but I was too scared to try because of the feeling that I'm not good enough.  Of course, I wouldn't be good. Being good comes from trying.

I also wanted to mention the huge surge of fulfillment afterward, in which I can only explain as "You exerted an effort, then your brain rewards you".  We experience that phenomenon every single day from scrolling on social media to taking a big business venture, but the difference is that, activities that requires little effort, gives little fulfilment as well (i.e. You take one second of scroll on Social Media, then you'll get a rewarding feeling lasting for a second as well). I digress but I just wanted to say that the fulfilment that you get from this kind of activity is a lot more different than most rewarding feelings that we get in our day to day life.  In my earlier example about low effort activity, there is a 1-to-1 ratio of effort and reward, but in this case, whenever I partake on VolunTutor, I always gain a feeling of fulfillment, the reward, that lasts for more times longer than the effort I exerted.  In short, based on my last few experiences,  I took 2 hours of my week partaking in Voluntutor and I felt rewarded for a whole week.   (Note: Just a little info, sorry to burst this overly positive essay, that feeling of fulfilment and motivation suddenly turns into dread and anxiousness in the morning of the day I have to do VolunTutor.  My mind wouldn't stop thinking "Should I go?",  "Are there even people in there right now?", "I could be doing other things right now", and it wouldn't stop until I'm literally at your gate, but once I sit to tutor, all is well again HA -- an endless cycle). 

I think it's worth it. For something more concrete reason for doing it, I'm delighted that I have something to do that I wouldn't normally do in my daily life, especially as I have the type of busy lifestyle that most people have nowadays.

Chrismarie Velasco

A Work of Heart

Inviting you to spend some time with the He Cares kids! Sharing is caring! You don't have to be a teacher! We teach grades 1 to 7 and the children need a lot of practice speaking in English and basic Math. Sign up today!

Start the year right by helping others!

Join us this January 6, Saturday at 1-3 pm at the He Cares Mission bldg. 9 Mines St. Proj. 6 QC.

When we teach, we learn! The children need you! Let's build a better nation! We don't have to be tutors to help the struggling students of He Cares foundation. All we need is basic English and math (grade school level).

Wanna join the fun? Text Joey at 09332333020

You can also sign up via iVolunteer at https://ivolunteer.com.ph/organizations/22/events/2543

For more information on He Cares Foundation and our tutoring program visithttp://tiny.cc/voluntutor or hecaresmission.com

Thank You

Thank You's are in order!

We are so happy that you volunteered!

Dear VolunTutors,

Thank you very much again for spending quality time with our kids today. 

Here are your photos during and after the session.

Kindly like us on Facebook, He Cares Mission FB Page and share your experience there.

God bless,

Cathy Evangelista

Servant

Back to School Program

QCX Museum Field Trip

Update!  We have completed our pool of volunteers already!  Yay!
Wish us the best as we try to make memories with the kids!

- - - - - - - - - - -

Urgently need more Volunteers for a field trip to QCX museum!

We have 50 kids from He Cares attending and need volunteers to come with them and make sure they are all enjoying and learning. 

Please bring P80 for your entrance. 

Saturday April 29, 2017 at 2-4 PM Please e-mail voluntutor@gmail.com for more details.

He Cares Mission takes care of street children. 

See http://hecaresmission.com andhttp://voluntutoring.blogspot.com

Voluntutor this October 1

SIGN UP HERE

****Please take note, VERY IMPORTANT: We may not be able to contact each of you to remind you about this event - but we will count on your being there if you sign up. Kindly do not sign up if you are not yet sure to come thanks so much.

 

Dear VolunTutor, We are happy to meet you! We hope you can come join us and make a difference in the lives of street children!

 

WHO: We are tutoring scholars of He Cares Foundation. They are trying to maintain a certain grade average to remain in the program. They live in informal settler communities.

 

WHAT: We will teach basic English and Math. We will have materials that we can use to practice their skills (books, worksheets, etc) and we will have an orientation and setup at 1 to 2PM. Tutoring is only 1 hour (from 2-3PM). If there is a slight chance you will be late, please watch this orientation video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL2XjIBKabw

 

WHY: Our goal is to encourage the children to stay in school and to build their confidence that they can do it. Many of them are really smart and talented but they face tremendous challenges due to their environment, preventing them to even want to continue schooling. HOW: We will help you with the different ways to tutor the child. From playing the dictionary game, to spelling, to multiplication drills.

 

WHEN: October 1, 2016 (Sat) 1-3 PM (pls come early if you're not sure how to get there)

 

WHERE: He Cares Mission Building, 9 Mines St. Proj.6, Quezon City

 

THINGS TO BRING:

- bring water, you might get thirsty!

- snacks to share with kids and volunteers (optional)

- ballpen and scratch paper

- just some enthusiasm!!!

- OPTIONAL: If you have wifi that would help a lot for questions we can't answer but someone else's can be borrowed in case you don't have :)

 

Please alert Joey if you plan to come - text sun # 09231778084 so you can be informed of any last minute announcements.

 

Directions: From SM North, ride proj6 jeep. Tell driver you'll get down Visayas McDonald's. Walk across Visayas ave. and pass small alley to go to Forestry Road. Walk right and then turn to the road to the right - that will curve to Mines Road.

 

 

SIGN UP HERE

More information on what we do:

 

http://hecaresmission.com/

https://www.facebook.com/hecaresofficial/

http://voluntutoring.blogspot.com

- See more at: https://ivolunteer.com.ph/organizations/22/events/1466#sthash.guBWzb2p.dpuf

VolunTutor this September 3!

****Please take note, VERY IMPORTANT:  We may not be able to contact each of you to remind you about this event - but we will count on your being there if you sign up.  Kindly do not sign up if you are not yet sure to come thanks so much.

Dear VolunTutor,

We are happy to meet you! We hope you can come join us and make a difference in the lives of street children!  SIGN UP HERE

WHO: We are tutoring scholars of He Cares Foundation. They are trying to maintain a certain grade average to remain in the program. They live in informal settler communities.

WHAT: We will teach basic English and Math. We will have materials that we can use to practice their skills (books, worksheets, etc) and we will have an orientation and setup at 1 to 2PM. Tutoring is only 1 hour (from 2-3PM).  If there is a slight chance you will be late, please WATCH THIS ORIENTATION VIDEO.

WHY: Our goal is to encourage the children to stay in school and to build their confidence that they can do it. Many of them are really smart and talented but they face tremendous challenges due to their environment, preventing them to even want to continue schooling.

HOW: We will help you with the different ways to tutor the child. From playing the dictionary game, to spelling, to multiplication drills.

WHEN: September 3, 2016 (Sat) 1-3 PM  (pls come early if you're not sure how to get there)

WHERE: He Cares Mission Building, 9 Mines St. Proj.6, Quezon City

THINGS TO BRING:  (THIS EVENT IS FREE!!!  No need to pay anything)

- bring water, you might get thirsty!

- snacks to share with kids and volunteers (optional)

- ballpen and scratch paper

- just some enthusiasm!!!

- OPTIONAL: If you have wifi that would help a lot for questions we can't answer but someone else's can be borrowed in case you don't have :)

Please alert Joey if you plan to come - text sun # 09231778084 so you can be informed of any last minute announcements.

Directions: From SM North, ride proj6 jeep. Tell driver you'll get down Visayas McDonald's. Walk across Visayas ave. and pass small alley to go to Forestry Road. Walk right and then turn to the road to the right - that will curve to Mines Road.

Wednesday Tutoring Begins

--------------- UPDATE!  New Time for Wednesday Tutoring Sessions is 9 AM (instead of 10am).  ---------------

Hello VolunTutor!

We are all set for March 16 and 30 (new scheds) Wednesday 10AM-12NN tutoring.  
Kindly sign up at http://www.ivolunteer.com.ph 

We already have a good number of volunteers who signed up for the 5 household boys in need of help with their schooling.

For those who signed up, please watch this online orientation video https://youtu.be/qL2XjIBKabw so you can start right away.  It is a online tutoring orientation that is very important to watch.  

Once you get there, Cathy, the Balik Aral coordinator, will guide you with the materials and other information.

The children on Wednesday are in the He Cares household because their parents are not capable of taking care of them.  They are in Grades 3-4.

If you need directions on getting to the He Cares Mission building, pls contact Cathy 09324623769 and please look for her when you get there to introduce you to the kids.

Thank you soooo very much!  Have fun!

Start the Year by Voluntutoring!

Dear VolunTutor,

 

Happy New Year!

It's going to be another wonderful year ahead and we are going to have our very first tutorial session for 2016!  Woohoo!!!  We are excited and the kids are too!  

 

Come this Saturday?

We will need 30 volunteers.  Please be sure to alert me if you plan to come - text 09985513165 so
you can be informed of any last minute announcements.

You don't have to be a whiz at Math and English, and no teaching experience is required - we just need you to listen to the children and to help them read books and worksheets (provided) and maybe understand their lessons (if you need assistance, other tutors may be asked).  Don't be apprehensive about forgetting the basics from gradeschool, we've forgotten too.  It's a team and we help each other remember.  What's most important is that these children make a friend who encourages them to go on.

Just an hour to encourage them that learning can be enjoyable is more than enough. Seeing people who care is enough.

Please join us on: 

January 16, 2015 Saturday

1 to 3 pm
He Cares Mission Bldg., 9 Mines St. Project 6, QC

Directions: From SM North Mall, ride proj6 jeep. Tell driver you'll get down Visayas McDonald's. Walk to DENR road then turn left 2nd road on left is Mines St. - #9

*PLEASE ask for directions before Saturday because sometimes, we are
already doing the orientation and some volunteers are lost because we
are already busy and were not able to answer the calls.


THINGS TO BRING:
- bring water, you might get thirsty!
- snacks to share with kids and volunteers (optional)
- ballpen and scratch paper
- just some enthusiasm!!!
- OPTIONAL: If you have wifi that would help a lot for questions we can't
answer but someone else's can be borrowed in case you don't have :)


This Saturday is coming and we pray that:

1. We will have a good attendance of both volunteers and children.
2. That that children will be able to enjoy the session and be better at school.
3. That the volunteers will enjoy their session with the children.

Here are the latest schedules for future sessions.

(Usually 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month)

January 16 and 30

February 6 and 20

March 5 and 19

April 2 and 16

May 7 and 21

June 4 and 18

July 2 and 16

August 6 and 20

September 3 and 17

October 1 and 15

November 5 and 19

December 3 Christmas Party

Schedule:
1-1:30 pm is for First timers orientation, asking questions
        and setting up the venue (arranging chairs, putting books and materials
        on the tables etc)
1:30 or 2 to 3 pm tutoring proper
        *when the volunteers come earlier,we can start tutoring earlier


*PLEASE ask for directions before Saturday because sometimes, we are
already doing the orientation and some volunteers are lost because we
are already busy and were not able to answer the calls.

If you cannot be there but want to help, we need:
+ offer to photocopy exercise sheets
+ lesson plans / activity sheets (grades 1 to 6)
+ urgent need: filing cabinet or locked cabinet for the books


This Saturday is coming and we pray that:

1. We will have a good attendance of both volunteers and children.
2. That that children will be able to learn and excel in school.
3. That the tutors will enjoy their session with the children and take home wonderful memories.

We are calling for more volunteers!  Everyone is invited.  You don't have to be a tutor.  You just need to have a heart of compassion for these young ones.

What will we teach?  Primarily English and Math.  If you are able to teach other subjects that is great but we don't require professional tutors.  What we need are people who are encouraging and positive for the children to emulate.

How?  Come and the children will ask you about their homework or you can tell them a story or do some simple arithmetic with them.

Please consider coming.  When we lack tutors, we cannot give the attention they badly need since we have to tutor 2 or 3 or 4 students at a time.  We aim to have one child to one tutor.

If you have more questions please feel free to reply to me.  Please confirm if you are coming so we can assign you a child to Shannon at shannon_capati@yahoo.com

Lastly do tell us if you are coming!!!  Sometimes there are last minute changes with the venue so we need your confirmation.

Blessings!

Christina Alejandro
Volunteer Coordinator
0998-5513165

P.S.  If you cannot come this Saturday, please come next time!

*Please feel free to pass this e-mail invite to anyone who may be interested to join us!


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
God is able to do far more abundantly beyond all we ask or think. - Ephesians 3:20

http://www.hecaresfoundation.com
http://voluntutoring.blogspot.com

They Love to Learn!

Dear Voluntutor,

When I asked a first time volunteer how his time with the children went, he said, "They want to learn!  It's not hard to teach them!"  I was so happy to hear that!

Indeed they want to learn! The little kids walk about half an hour to the venuem after coming from the He Cares general assembly (which also tires them out).  The come despite the other things they could do like play and just laze around.  We hope you will come and help Them out.

 

Come this Saturday?

We will need 10 more volunteers.  Please be sure to alert me if you plan to come - text 0917-835-4511 so
you can be informed of any last minute announcements.

You don't have to be a whiz at Math and English, and no teaching experience is required - we just need you to listen to the children 
and to help them read books and worksheets (provided) and maybe understand their lessons (if you need 
assistance, other tutors may be asked).  Don't be apprehensive about forgetting the basics 
from gradeschool, we've forgotten too.  It's a team and we help each other remember.  
What's most important is that these children make a friend who encourages them to go on.

Just an hour to encourage them that learning can be enjoyable (or that it is possible 
to understand) is more than enough. Seeing people who care is enough.

Please join us on: 

September 5, 2015 Saturday

1 to 3 pm
1st or 3rd floor, Brgy. Bungad 
*near Baler St. and West Ave. QC 
map http://voluntutoring.blogspot.com/2013/09/map-to-tutoring-location.html 

*PLEASE ask for directions before Saturday because sometimes, we are
already doing the orientation and some volunteers are lost because we
are already busy and were not able to answer the calls.


THINGS TO BRING:
- bring water, you might get thirsty!
- snacks to share with kids and volunteers (optional)
- ballpen and scratch paper
- just some enthusiasm!!!
- OPTIONAL: If you have wifi that would help a lot for questions we can't
answer but someone else's can be borrowed in case you don't have :)


This Saturday is coming and we pray that:

1. We will have a good attendance of both volunteers and children.
2. That that children will be able to enjoy the session and be better at school.
3. That the volunteers will enjoy their session with the children.

Here are the latest schedules for future sessions.

(Usually 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month)

September 5 and 19
October 3 and 17
November 7 and 21
December 5 (Christmas Party)

Schedule:
1-1:30 pm is for First timers orientation, asking questions
        and setting up the venue (arranging chairs, putting books and materials
        on the tables etc)
1:30 or 2 to 3 pm tutoring proper
        *when the volunteers come earlier,we can start tutoring earlier


*PLEASE ask for directions before Saturday because sometimes, we are
already doing the orientation and some volunteers are lost because we
are already busy and were not able to answer the calls.


If you cannot be there but want to help, we need:
+ offer to photocopy exercise sheets
+ lesson plans / activity sheets (grades 1 to 6)
+ urgent need: filing cabinet or locked cabinet for the books


This Saturday is coming and we pray that:

1. We will have a good attendance of both volunteers and children.
2. That that children will be able to learn and excel in school.
3. That the tutors will enjoy their session with the children and take home wonderful memories.

We are calling for more volunteers!  Everyone is invited. 
You don't have to be a tutor.  You just need to have a
heart of compassion for these young ones.

What will we teach?  Primarily English and Math.  If you
are able to teach other subjects that is great but we don't
require professional tutors.  What we need are people
who are encouraging and positive for the children to
emulate.

How?  Come and the children will ask you about their
homework or you can tell them a story or do some simple
arithmetic with them. 

Please consider coming.  When we lack tutors, we cannot give
the attention they badly need since we have to tutor 2 or 3 or
4 students at a time.  We aim to have one child to one tutor.

If you have more questions please feel free to reply to me.
Please confirm if you are coming so we can assign you a child
to Shannon at shannon_capati@yahoo.com 

Lastly do tell us if you are coming!!!  Sometimes there are last minute
changes with the venue so we need your confirmation.

Blessings!

Shannon Capati or Joey Dulalia 
Volunteer Coordinator

P.S.  If you cannot come this Saturday, please come next time!

*Please feel free to pass this e-mail invite to anyone who may be interested to join us!


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
God is able to do far more abundantly beyond all we ask or think. - Ephesians 3:20

http://www.hecaresfoundation.com 
http://voluntutoring.blogspot.com