Online Tutoring and Fundraising During the COVID-19 Pandemic
A Project Funded by Alliance of Chinese Americans San Diego
Jason Tang
Team Members
Sara Duan, Ivan Li, Michelle Wang, Alice Yu, Kyle Lu, Annie Fang, Katie Wang, Michelle Jin, Daniel Li, Lucy Liu, Jacob Yang, Aaron Shi, Ethna Chang, Adrian Chaix, Sophia Cheng, Suzanne Ye, Akshaya Koramutla, Cynthia Li, and Brian Zhang
Sara Duan, Ivan Li, Michelle Wang, Alice Yu, Kyle Lu, Annie Fang, Katie Wang, Michelle Jin, Daniel Li, Lucy Liu, Jacob Yang, Aaron Shi, Ethna Chang, Adrian Chaix, Sophia Cheng, Suzanne Ye, Akshaya Koramutla, Cynthia Li, and Brian Zhang
Background
Due to COVID-19 outbreak, parents now have to juggle between doing their own work and taking care of their children. This often causes extra stress for the parents as well as kids at home. This campaign aims to create a win-win situation for the families whose children can get additional education from our tutoring services. In return, the families can voluntarily donate to a fundraiser which will directly help local hospitals to fight COVID-19. Our club, Tutors Without Borders, have been using the internet to provide free tutoring for students in need for the past year. Our tutors consist of many experienced high school students from CCA, Bishops, Westview, Del Norte, and Torry Pines. Because we have gone through the same learning experiences as many other students, our tutors can offer relatable advice and personalized peer tutoring. All of our tutors are academically excellent students and range from AIME qualifiers to artists. We will offer free online tutoring to 1st through 9th grade students in subjects including science, math, art, and English. We encourage families to make donations to a fundraiser if they are satisfied with our tutoring services. Our fundraiser will directly help hospital workers who are currently fighting hard against COVID-19 and saving countless lives. We aim to help alleviate the shortage of protective gear for medical workers. Hence, we will donate our funds to hospitals so that the physicians can purchase PPE and other medical equipment. Club Website: https://tutorswithoutborders.weebly.com/
Due to COVID-19 outbreak, parents now have to juggle between doing their own work and taking care of their children. This often causes extra stress for the parents as well as kids at home. This campaign aims to create a win-win situation for the families whose children can get additional education from our tutoring services. In return, the families can voluntarily donate to a fundraiser which will directly help local hospitals to fight COVID-19. Our club, Tutors Without Borders, have been using the internet to provide free tutoring for students in need for the past year. Our tutors consist of many experienced high school students from CCA, Bishops, Westview, Del Norte, and Torry Pines. Because we have gone through the same learning experiences as many other students, our tutors can offer relatable advice and personalized peer tutoring. All of our tutors are academically excellent students and range from AIME qualifiers to artists. We will offer free online tutoring to 1st through 9th grade students in subjects including science, math, art, and English. We encourage families to make donations to a fundraiser if they are satisfied with our tutoring services. Our fundraiser will directly help hospital workers who are currently fighting hard against COVID-19 and saving countless lives. We aim to help alleviate the shortage of protective gear for medical workers. Hence, we will donate our funds to hospitals so that the physicians can purchase PPE and other medical equipment. Club Website: https://tutorswithoutborders.weebly.com/
Goal
We aim to help students with their learning and support hospitals fighting the deadly virus through the COVID-19 crisis. We are offering free tutoring while also encouraging families to make monetary donations, every cent of which will be given to Palomar Health Foundation and Rady’s Children Hospital. Any contribution will assist healthcare heroes and patients in combating COVID-19.
We aim to help students with their learning and support hospitals fighting the deadly virus through the COVID-19 crisis. We are offering free tutoring while also encouraging families to make monetary donations, every cent of which will be given to Palomar Health Foundation and Rady’s Children Hospital. Any contribution will assist healthcare heroes and patients in combating COVID-19.
Method
All steps will be done remotely. 1. Organize tutors 2. Setup a fundraiser on Donorbox 3. Advertise tutoring services on social media such as Instagram and Nextdoor neighbors 4. Allocate appropriate tutors according to student needs 5. Arrange a teaching schedule and start online tutoring services 6. Donate all fundraiser money to Palomar Health Foundation and Rady’s Children Hospital
All steps will be done remotely. 1. Organize tutors 2. Setup a fundraiser on Donorbox 3. Advertise tutoring services on social media such as Instagram and Nextdoor neighbors 4. Allocate appropriate tutors according to student needs 5. Arrange a teaching schedule and start online tutoring services 6. Donate all fundraiser money to Palomar Health Foundation and Rady’s Children Hospital
Updates
Highlights of Parent Feedback
“Thank YOU for assigning the tutors to us. We like all of them. As a mother of three , it helps me greatly in this special covid period. I hope your program continues throughout the summer.”
We really appreciate Kyle spending the time to prepare for the material and the lessons thoroughly. ”
“Thanks Kyle Lu for being an awesome tutor to my daughter! We appreciate his help very much.”
“Thank YOU for assigning the tutors to us. We like all of them. As a mother of three , it helps me greatly in this special covid period. I hope your program continues throughout the summer.”
- Ms. X., Pacific Trails Middle School and Solana Santa Fe Elementary School parent
We really appreciate Kyle spending the time to prepare for the material and the lessons thoroughly. ”
“Thanks Kyle Lu for being an awesome tutor to my daughter! We appreciate his help very much.”
- Ms. L., Carrillo Elementary School parent
- Ms. Y., Torrey Hills Elementary School parent
(August 2, 2020)
We have reached our $1000 goal. This money is being transferred to a bank account and will be donated to Rady’s Children Hospital to assist their efforts against COVID-19. The Conrad Prebys Foundation will match our contributions to Rady Children's (Link). Below is a picture of our fundraiser from our Donorbox.
We have reached our $1000 goal. This money is being transferred to a bank account and will be donated to Rady’s Children Hospital to assist their efforts against COVID-19. The Conrad Prebys Foundation will match our contributions to Rady Children's (Link). Below is a picture of our fundraiser from our Donorbox.
Right now, we have 32 students from 18 elementary to high schools and 20 tutors from 7 high schools: CCA, TPHS, WVHS, DNHS, TBS, LJCDS, and LJHS. Below is a picture of us tutors in a Zoom meeting discussing lesson plans and teaching experience for this COVID program.
(July 16, 2020)
We are privately teaching 28 students ranging from 1st to 10th grade. The subjects we are teaching include math, science, English, public speaking, soccer, art, and singing. We reached $700 for our fundraiser. Here’s a link to it: https://donorbox.org/covid-19-donations-to-hospitals.
We are privately teaching 28 students ranging from 1st to 10th grade. The subjects we are teaching include math, science, English, public speaking, soccer, art, and singing. We reached $700 for our fundraiser. Here’s a link to it: https://donorbox.org/covid-19-donations-to-hospitals.
(July 12, 2020)
Our project is going really well. The list of our tutors is as follows: Jason Tang, Sara Duan, Ivan Li, Michelle Wang, Alice Yu, Kyle Lu, Annie Fang, Katie Wang, Michelle Jin, Daniel Li, Lucy Liu, Jacob Yang, Aaron Shi, Ethna Chang, Adrian Chaix, Sophia Cheng, Suzanne Ye, and Akshaya Koramutla.
Our project is going really well. The list of our tutors is as follows: Jason Tang, Sara Duan, Ivan Li, Michelle Wang, Alice Yu, Kyle Lu, Annie Fang, Katie Wang, Michelle Jin, Daniel Li, Lucy Liu, Jacob Yang, Aaron Shi, Ethna Chang, Adrian Chaix, Sophia Cheng, Suzanne Ye, and Akshaya Koramutla.
(July 1, 2020)
Thank you for supporting our COVID-19 project. Our club has been actively recruiting tutors and students for the past few weeks. Right now, we have grown to 18 tutors and 26 students for the COVID-19 project.
We really appreciate ACA's financial support. The two lines of Zoom Pro ($30/month) have been extremely useful for the tutors. Our tutors would also like to thank you for partially funding our shirt. Thank you so much!
Thank you for supporting our COVID-19 project. Our club has been actively recruiting tutors and students for the past few weeks. Right now, we have grown to 18 tutors and 26 students for the COVID-19 project.
We really appreciate ACA's financial support. The two lines of Zoom Pro ($30/month) have been extremely useful for the tutors. Our tutors would also like to thank you for partially funding our shirt. Thank you so much!
(June 15, 2020)
The project is going pretty well. Our club has been actively recruiting tutors and students for the past few weeks. Right now, we have grown to 15 tutors and 18 students for the COVID-19 tutoring project. Almost all the students have requested for routine tutoring and continuation into the summer. Regarding our fundraiser, we have raised around $500 with parent support.
We really appreciate ACA's financial support. So far, we have bought two lines of Zoom Pro ($30/month) which allows us to teach students without a time limit. Parents have kindly provided us with teaching materials, so we don't have to buy any at the moment. Recently, our tutors have been considering designing a t-shirt so we can have a uniform for tutoring.
The project is going pretty well. Our club has been actively recruiting tutors and students for the past few weeks. Right now, we have grown to 15 tutors and 18 students for the COVID-19 tutoring project. Almost all the students have requested for routine tutoring and continuation into the summer. Regarding our fundraiser, we have raised around $500 with parent support.
We really appreciate ACA's financial support. So far, we have bought two lines of Zoom Pro ($30/month) which allows us to teach students without a time limit. Parents have kindly provided us with teaching materials, so we don't have to buy any at the moment. Recently, our tutors have been considering designing a t-shirt so we can have a uniform for tutoring.