University of Michigan (UM) student Alinda Bardell wanted to volunteer over the summer, but because of the Covid-19 pandemic, in-person volunteering was largely impossible. She then had the idea of becoming an online tutor; now she and more than a dozen UM students are offering free online tutoring for low-income families. We all know that lower-income families have been hit harder than anyone by the pandemicWe want to give back in the best, safest way we can: by helping kids perform better in school for free, Bardell said. Demand was light, initially, but is growing, and Bardell plans to recruit more tutors in the future. I think this program is great because, eventually, I believe our tutors will learn that as much as we help these kids, they really help us too, said Johanna Bozic, another tutor.

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