GCCA’s Education Committee is poised to begin its seventh year of literacy tutoring at the Henry C. Lea School, a K-8 public school at 47th and Spruce Streets. So far, 18 volunteers have signed on for the new school year. Fifteen of them are returnees to the program. We’re coming off a very successful experience last year in which 19 tutors worked one-on- one with 23 first-graders. More than half of our tutees reached grade level by year’s end. All of the children made signif

Oliver B. Young is the first recipient of an award from the newly established Cheryl Roebuck Scholarship Fund. Oliver and his family reside in Garden Court and were fortunate to have met Cheryl a few years ago. Oliver will attend Girard Academic Music Program as a fifth grader and will be joining Musicopia String Orchestra this fall. We are pleased to help with his Musicopia tuition and look forward to hearing about his experiences and progress. In honor of Cheryl’s lifelong