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Students create volunteer website for tutoring project (The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 06:15 AM PST

Bryan Rossiter's first experience working with children at the Christmas Box House shelter was when he was 14 years old, making gingerbread houses and donating hygiene kits. Now he wants others to follow suit.

Rossiter and four others have put together a tutoring project to help out the children at the Christmas Box House. The group created a website where volunteers can log on and use a calendar to schedule a 90-minute time slot to tutor the children.

"Our goal is to get 200 people to sign up, and so far we've got about 15 percent filled," said Parker Ence, a junior in economics who is part of the team.

"I did the tutoring," said Rossiter, an undecided sophomore. "It was an awesome experience. It was a really cool way to help."

The Christmas Box House is a shelter for infants and children up to 11 years old who have been removed from their homes by the state because of abuse or neglect. These children go to school and have a program for tutoring, but they still need volunteers to make it happen.

The project also is for an entrepreneurship class. The class divides students into groups that go into the community to find a way to help, said Ence.

"Bryan had done some service at the Christmas Box House, so we called them," Ence said.

When they decided to work with the house and found their need for tutoring, the group decided it would be cool to get college students to help the kids with their homework, Ence said.

The group had three goals in mind when they started: provide tutoring for the kids, become role models and introduce them to the U.

"As much as you are helping them with their assignments, you are their friend," Rossiter said. "(You are) inspiring them to do whatever they want to do by showing them what you are doing."

Students can only volunteer once every four months unless they get a full background check. The children's hour for homework tutoring is Monday through Thursday from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

"For being such a small time commitment, you won't forget it," Ence said. "It kind of fills a cool spot in your life to give back."

The program is a great opportunity for college students to get involved and help children who probably wouldn't have gotten help before, said Ashley Eppich, an undecided freshman who is part of the team.

"Already a ton of people have signed up," she said. "I think already it's been a success."

j.bowen@chronicle.utah.edu

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For the Record (The Indianapolis Star)

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 02:53 AM PST

Company news

Ambassadair has become the official tour company of the Indianapolis Children's Choir.

Advance Auto Parts has opened a store at 600 N. Morton St. in Franklin.

St. Vincent Women's Hospital has opened an obstetrics and gynecology office at 475 E. Northfield Drive in Brownsburg, (317) 415-6200; and one at 55 Brendon Way, Suite 900, in Zionsville, (317) 415-6030. An Immediate Care Center was opened at 9756 W. 116th St. Call (317) 913-8100.

JMI is the agency of record for Jeff Gordon and the commercial consultant for SRO Motorsports Group.

The Downtown Indianapolis-based Lumina Foundation for Education has picked CornerStone Partners, Charlottesville, Va., to be its outside investment adviser to manage its $1.1 billion portfolio.

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New ventures

Susan Fryer has opened Wolf Run Marketing at 6020 N. Emerson Ave. Call (317) 445-5180 or go online to www.wolfrun marketing.com.

Mike and Janet Harris have launched MJ Harris & Crew, a CruiseOne franchise. Visit www.cruise one.com/mharris or call (317) 863-0420.

Buffalo Wings & Rings has opened at 111 W. Maryland St. in Indianapolis. Call (317) 822-8400.

The Tutoring Center has opened at 11720 Olio Road, Suite 300, in Fishers.

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