From The Tufts Daily 9/25/2025
It’s a Friday on the Tufts Reservoir Quad, and among the bustle of students finishing up their classes before the weekend, you hear the squeals of excited kids. You look to the right, and there’s a capture the flag game going on between local Somerville children and Tufts student volunteers.
Dozens of Tufts student organizations volunteer directly with children in nearby communities, acting as mentors. While some of these clubs receive support directly through Tufts’ Leonard Carmichael Society, many are also connected to larger national nonprofits that run programs all over the country. Due to funding cuts and philanthropic changes, these organizations are struggling to stay afloat, leaving Medford and Somerville children lacking vital services and harming valuable mentor-mentee relationships.
Read more: https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025/09/mentoring-at-risk-tufts-programs-that-work-with-children-face-funding-cuts