School on Wheels 15th Anniversary
8/20/2008

On Wednesday August 20th, 2008 School on Wheels, Inc. celebrated 15 years of service to homeless children throughout Southern California. Agnes Stevens (Children's Nobel Laureate and Founder of School on Wheels) invited tenured volunteer tutors, Board, Staff members and Friends to join her for lunch to mark this special day.
Front Row: Barbara Rude, Agnes Stevens, Joanne Kusulas
Middle Row: Sinead Chilton, Linda Huddle, Orenda Warren, Martina Kuhfal, Sandie Haverick, Steve Hibbert, Matt Raab, Catherine Meek, Janet Settles
Back Row: Akane Nishimura, Rosemary Oliva, Steven Dahlberg, Terry Harstad, Andrew Esbenshade.

School on Wheels began in 1993 when Agnes Stevens, a retired teacher, read a book that changed her life. The book was about homeless families in the US. Agnes was shocked to learn that hundreds of thousands of children were homeless and that many of them did not attend school. She began teaching homeless kids in a park in Santa Monica, California encouraging them to stay in school and keep up with their grades and school activities.
Today, hundreds of volunteers work one-on-one with children whose homelessness prevents them from getting the academic stability and help they so desperately need. The heart of the School on Wheels' programs are the volunteer tutors who come from all backgrounds and professions, with one agenda only - to reach out to a child, to mentor them, and assist in their educational life.

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