Reading Tutor-Struggling Young Readers Need You in Buena Park!

Become a literacy-based tutor and mentor to a young child! Empowering Readers OC (EROC) is currently onboarding new volunteers in Buena Park and cities nearby. We are continuing to grow our programs and kicking off at Carl E Gilbert Elementary, Buena Park School District, in January 2026!

Share the gift of reading and help change a child's future!

Childhood illiteracy is a predictor of adult poverty. If a child is not reading proficiently by the fourth grade, they are four times less likely to graduate high school.

Students we serve are reading one to two years below grade level and benefit greatly from an older adult tutor engaging with them one-on-one to develop their reading fluency and confidence.

Parentis Foundation's Empowering Readers Orange County program seeks volunteer tutors, ages 50 and up. The desire to help young struggling readers achieve reading level proficiencies, and beyond, is all that is required. We will provide all the training and ongoing support to help tutors thrive.

Tutors typically work with 2-3 children, grades first through fifth, meeting with them individually twice each week for a 30-minute session. EMPOWERING READERS OC (EROC) partners with many local schools and afterschool programs such as Carl E Gilbert Elementary, Buena Park School District.

Tutoring is both in-person (at various sites throughout Orange County) and virtual (via Zoom) where tutoring opportunities are available. Partners include:

• Boys and Girls Club of Fullerton
• Boys and Girls Club of Tustin
• Boys and Girls Club of Capistrano Valley
• Boys and Girls Club of San Clemente
• Boys and Girls Club of Huntington Valley
• Santa Ana Unified School District, Heroes Elementary
• Capistrano Unified School District, Kinoshita Elementary
• Templo Calvario, Empowered Scholars (Expanded Learning Opportunity Program), Edward B. Cole Sr. Academy
• HIVE Program, Santa Ana

For additional information, please visit: https://www.parentisfoundation.org/volunteer

Headquarters: 24012 Calle De La Plata, Suite 400, Laguna Hills, CA 92653.

Help guide the next generation of readers and mentor future leaders.

Watch our video to learn more: Parentis Foundation: Empowering Readers OC