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“Now more than ever, I want to THANK YOU for your commitment to volunteering with PENCIL.
The challenges students and schools are facing from the ongoing COVID pandemic
make your contributions that much more important this year.

Your time, talent, and passion will help us close the opportunity gap—
laid bare by the pandemic and the ongoing reckoning with racial justice—
by sharing your experience and inspiring our incredible students.”

Gregg Betheil
President, PENCIL

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PENCIL’s relies on our volunteers to provide public school students with access to the expertise and opportunities necessary to achieve their goals. Sign up today to helps us connect students to success.
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Volunteer Resources

Whether it's your first time working with students or you are a veteran mentor, these tips and tricks are designed with remote learning in mind and to support stronger connections with students.
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Technical Support

Before your first PENCIL session, we encourage you to download Zoom. PENCIL uses Zoom video conferencing for our program sessions. Zoom is available for your desktop computer as well as your iPhone, iPad, and Android phones and tablets.
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Pencil Stories

Participating Volunteers

J.D. Shade Quailey

NYSC Appellate Division, First Department

This summer I had the privilege of remotely volunteering as a mentor with PENCIL, Inc. through its Career Explorers Program.

I am grateful for this wonderful experience that allowed me to give back a little while working from home during quarantine.
Kevin Flynn

Bloomberg LP

It was so cool to connect with the kids and they all had these flourishing resumes. It had been s long time since I spoke to someone younger and in that realm and it brought back a lot of memories.

The connection is just such a warm and enjoyable experience.
Gingi Pica

L+M Development Partners

Virtual volunteering has been a challenge – and provides a glimpse of what it must like be for students making this shift.
We shifted and participated in a virtual career day, and that was an interesting way to connect with students and continue to share some of our experiences

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HOW DID YOUR EXPERIENCE AS A PENCIL VOLUNTEER
OPEN YOUR EYES TO STUDENTS' POTENTIAL AND
OPEN DOORS TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER?

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