Continuing the Mission of Academic Achievement

For a second year in a row, funding and support has been approved to continue Millersville University’s AmeriCorps VISTA Project Cygnet. The federal program designed to fight poverty in America has been a part of Millersville University’s Office of Experiential Learning and Career Management (ELCM) since 2013.

Project Cygnet builds and strengthens partnerships between Millersville University, the School District of Lancaster and community partner organizations. By recruiting Millersville students to serve children at after-school programs in the community, Project Cygnet supports AmeriCorps’ mission of alleviating poverty through the goal of increasing children’s academic achievement.

Project Cygnet currently partners with four organizations: Scaling Walls a Note at a Time (SWAN), an organization that gives free music and voice lessons to children of incarcerated parents; Wheatland Middle School; The Boys and Girls Club of Lancaster; and The Mix At Arbor Place, after-school programs that provide tutoring, recreational opportunities and hot meals for children.

To read about the impact Project Cygnet had in year one on SWAN, visit blogs.millersville.edu/news/2014/03/06/theres-a-new-swan-on-campus/.

Millersville plans to continue these partnerships and grow the program in the years to come. Contact ELCM to learn how you can get involved in the program.