Best Buddies

The Reading Buddies Tutoring Program

In 1982, a librarian at the Carver Branch decided to provide neighborhood students with a homework center staffed by volunteers. Fifteen years and several VISTA grants later, the program is now a multiple-award-winning partnership between AISD and the City of Austin, providing tutoring services in nine East and South Austin branch libraries. We discovered the summer version, helping young kids with reading in the afternoons and early evenings at their neighborhood libraries but tutoring is available throughout the year. Potential tutors only need to commit one hour per week each semester to have a profound impact as a reading buddy.

AISD Carruth Administration Center
1111 W. Sixth, 512/414-1700
www.austin.isd.tenet.edu