About the Carver Foundation of Norwalk
Carver’s mission is to close opportunity gaps for all children and to ensure they graduate high school on time and ready for college and careers. Carver combines a set of key partnerships between school districts and their highly skilled educators, community organizations and parents to deliver after-school, summer and community programs that consistently demonstrate striking results. This academic year, Carver is serving more than 2,500 students, operating in 17 K-12 Norwalk Public Schools, the Carver Community Center, and the Classical Studies Magnet Academy in Bridgeport. Since 2005, 100% of Carver seniors have graduated on time. Over the last three years, over 95% of Carver seniors enroll in college immediately following graduation. Visit their website at: Carver Norwalk
How You Can Contribute
Carver can always use donations and volunteers.
Carver volunteers are tutors, mentors, homework helpers, career counselors, and other skill-specific project leaders who offer their support, feedback and praise. The community center utilizes individual and groups of volunteers for community events such as Career Fairs, talent contests, student and family awards ceremonies, holiday celebrations, food drives, etc. Corporate teams produce daylong events for our youth and undertake extensive renovation and cleanup projects. Carver dedicates one staff person to volunteer management.
Carver held a Connections cocktail party to introduce Darien residents to Carver last October at the home of DMA member Hugh Montgomery and Callie Sullivan. Patrick Steele and John Hess were on the organizing committee as was State Representative Terrie Woods. Several DMA members attended. Carver will hold another Connections party in Darien later this year. Anyone interested in attending or learning more about Carver should contact Patrick Steele at 203 856 3689 or psteele235@gmail.com
DMA Participants
Patrick Steele
Hugh Montgomery
John Hess