7341 Cottage Street Philadelphia, PA 19136 215-338-3120 ihmcenter4literacy@yahoo.com
Our Volunteer Staff for 2018 - 2019
Gratitude to our 21 full and part-time Volunteers for their assistance to our 242 students!
Program Director and Site Coordinator: Sister Margaret Paul Longshore, IHM Grant Writer and Instructor: Sister Marcille McEntee, IHM Secretaries: Heather Devlin and Jean Berry Office Assistants: Anna Baranoski and Agnes Cifaldi Technology: Sister Ana Iris Grana Instructors: Kathy Brown, Sister Roberta Burke, IHM, Sister Winifred Feeney, IHM, Sister Judith Geschke, Trudy Hackney, Diana Peterson, Sister Eileen Reilly, IHM, Jeanne Vissa, and Anna Wollwert Citizenship: Ms. Jeanine Albano, Pat Connell Substitutes: Elizabeth Borland, Mary Ellen Fala, Dirk Neumann St. Joseph University Students: From the Faith and Justice Class: Classroom and Office Aides
We are so very grateful to our volunteers for their generosity of time and talent!
Some Statistics about Our Students We presently serve 242 adults enrolled from 26 Countries. The majority of our students come from Brazil and speak Portuguese, also Haiti and speak Creole/French, and several come from Central and South America. Since July 2016, two students have become Citizens of the United States, bringing our total to 17 citizens! 71% of our students are employed; 46% in full time employment and 25% are part-time. Since classes began in September, the following goals have been accomplished by some of our students: