Middle School Pen Pals
For the third year in a row, FLOC Scholars in Washington have been pen pals this semesterhello with FLOC Leaders in Action students in West Virginia. These middle schoolers live less than two hours away from one another, but those 70 miles represent a significant difference between the urban environment of DC and the rural environment of Jefferson County.
11th Annual Beyond the Classroom Fundraising Breakfast
Support For Love of Children and after-school education for DC students at our Beyond the Classroom annual fundraising breakfast! Join us to learn more about FLOC, our mission, and our students on May 2nd from 8:30am-9:30am at the Wardman Park Marriott. It is an inspiring
College Signing Day is Coming to FLOC!
Have you heard about College Signing Day, an effort spearheaded by the First Lady’s office’s Reach Higher initiative to celebrate all young people’s college and career futures with as much pomp and circumstance as athlete college signing decisions?
Meet Lisbeth, a 12th Grade Scholar
Lisbeth is a senior at Woodrow Wilson High School, and has been in the FLOC Scholars program since the beginning of her junior year.
This fall she will be a freshman at George Mason University, her top choice, where she plans to major in Government and International Politics.
FLOC Madness is here!
FLOC Madness is a yearly volunteer donor campaign run by the FLOC Champions Network. It is organized as a friendly competition between volunteers (organized by program), with prizes (often from local businesses) and recognition (aka bragging rights) awarded to the winning team. The winning team
Jubilee Thursdays
February was the start of the math program at Jubilee Housing. FLOC has had a relationship with Jubilee Housing and its youth services programming for many years.
Meet Kevin
Kevin is a Thursday night math tutor, who has been volunteering at FLOC ever since he moved here from the Midwest a few years ago. During the week, he is an engineer at a company that designs solar panels, but he always had an interest in tutoring.
FLOC Beyond the Classroom Luncheon 2016
For Love of Children is proud to present the video that debuted at our annual Beyond the Classroom Luncheon on May 3rd applauding a FLOC family who has participated in many of FLOC’s programs for over a decade. We are also grateful that so many
Meet Marley
Marley is an energetic third grader who has participated in FLOC’s Neighborhood Tutoring Program for two years now. One of her favorite things about FLOC is “how fun it is” to work with her math tutor, Kristen.
Meet Brenna
Brenna began tutoring math at FLOC this past fall, after coming across the opportunity in a volunteering newsletter at Deloitte, where she works, and hearing her coworkers’ wonderful stories.