Carson City-based ESL program founder earns Governor's Points of Light Lifetime Achievement Award
English Language Learners At-Home Program founder Florence Phillips received Nevada's highest volunteer honors with a lifetime recognition award for the all-volunteer, nonprofit Carson City-based program she established.
Nevada Governor’s Points of Light included a new category — a 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award — which Phillips has received.
The Govenor’s Points of Light Awards celebrates Nevada’s volunteers and volunteer organizations. It is the premier and sole statewide recognition event for volunteerism and service. Nominations are solicited from throughout the state and each nomination is reviewed by a judging panel with representatives from rural, northern and southern Nevada, nonprofit and corporate organizations, national service programs and the volunteer manager community.
Phillips said she’s "humbled by this recognition which with gratitude goes to all 482 ELL tutors currently helping over 580 immigrants and refugees in English language skills," adding she is grateful that her online program stays alive with donations to help purchase instructional material to provide students at no cost.
In 2018 Phillips was honored as being one of the "Top 10 CNN Heroes" in an award ceremony that recognized her work in providing free English as a Second Language in-home tutoring in the Carson City community and throughout the region.
In 2019 she was recognized by the prestigious Manhattan Institute as one of four nonprofit organization leaders in the U.S. to receive the 2019 Civil Society Award.
Carson City is home to the English as a Second Language, In-Home Program of Nevada, which uses hundreds of community volunteers to teach English, citizenship preparation, and other workplace skills at no cost to its students, who are seeking to provide a better life for their families.
Since 2004, volunteer tutors have empowered more than 5,000 immigrants and refugees to learn English and the cultural skills necessary to lead a successful and productive life in America. Originally serving only northern Nevada, today the ESL In-Home Program has expanded its reach to learners living in other states around the country.
To learn more the program or to become tutor, go to eslinhome.org or call Florence at 775-888-2021.
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