Experience Corps needs people age 55 and older to tutor children in literacy in Hamden schools 10 or more hours a week during the school year.

Volunteers also participate in fun community events, the agency said in a statement.

Small stipend and tuition help for children/grandchildren is available, the statement said.

No teaching or tutoring experience is necessary; training is provided, the statement said.

Volunteers must have a high school diploma or GED and be able to pass a background/fingerprint check, the statement said.

For more information, visit http://www.experiencecorps.org/

Those interested can call Sheila at 203-752-3059 x2900 or email volunteer@aoapartnerships.org

Experience Corps - Greater New Haven is a program of the Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut in partnership with the United Way of Greater New Haven and the Hamden Public Schools, the statement said. This project is supported by the Connecticut Commission on Community Service, a partnership of the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Connecticut Department of Higher Education. For more information, visit http://www.experiencecorps.org/