NEW HIGH SCORE
500,000HOURS
Celebrating 500,000 hours of free tutoring to kids in underserved communities.
Every gift adds a block. Help us fill the well with 500 gifts by Giving Tuesday, Dec 1.
THE BIG IDEA
Learn To Be just hit a new high score: 500,000 hours of free, one-on-one tutoring for kids who need it. Every hour was a volunteer showing up for a kid. Now we want to start the next 500,000. Give a gift, play a game, put your initials on the Wall of Love, and dare a friend to beat you.
WIN CONDITIONS
- 500
- gifts by Giving Tuesday, tracked live on this page
- 1
- gift per coin, any size, every one counts
- ∞
- kids who keep learning because you played
THE DONOR LOOP
HOW A GIFT BECOMES A GAME
Your gift comes first. Then you get to play. Your score lands on the public Wall of Love, and sharing it pulls in the next player.
STEP 1
INSERT COIN
Tap any INSERT COIN button and give what you can.
STEP 2
POWER UP
Your gift goes straight to free tutoring for a kid.
STEP 3
PLAY
Pick any game in the arcade. Play as many times as you want.
STEP 4
ENTER INITIALS
Three letters, true arcade style. No names. No emails.
STEP 5
WALL OF LOVE
Your score posts live and your gift fills a block.
STEP 6
BEAT MY SCORE
Text it, send it, post it to your story. Friends give to play.
02 · FREE PLAY FOR EVERYONE
THE ROAD TO 500K
Run 18 years of Learn To Be in about a minute. Start at day one. Jump the summer slide. Grab every hour. Each flag unlocks a piece of our story, all the way to 500,000.
03 · INSERT COIN
PUT A COIN IN THE MACHINE
500,000 hours of free tutoring took about $2.5 million, given by people like you. The next 500,000 starts now. Give your best gift.
- Every gift counts as one of the 500, whatever the size.
- Every hour pairs one kid with one volunteer tutor, for free.
- After you give, the whole arcade unlocks and your score can post to the Wall of Love.
CHEAT CODESGiving stock, a donor-advised fund grant or an employer match? Use the cheat codes.
THE ARCADE · 8 CABINETS
PICK A CABINET
Anyone can play. Donors put their initials on the Wall of Love. Every game has a boss score from Neeraj. Beat it.
04 · THE LEADERBOARD
WALL OF LOVE
You give to play, so every name on this wall is someone who kept a kid learning. Three letters only.
| RANK | NAME | GAME | SCORE |
|---|
05 · MEET PLAYER ONE
THE ORIGINAL NERD
OF NEERAJ]
PLAYER 1 · CO-FOUNDER
Neeraj, the original nerd who built the platform from scratch. Before there were 500,000 hours, there were two founders and a lot of late nights. His high score is the one to beat.
Neeraj set a boss score in every game. Beat it and you are officially stronger than the founder.
06 · CO-OP MODE
TWO PLAYERS. ONE LEVEL UP.
Every hour is a student and a tutor leveling up together. Real stories, first names only, shared with permission.
LEVELED UP TOGETHER!
- CLASS
- 3RD GRADE
- START
- READING AT K
- SUBJECT
- READING
- TIME
- ~25 HOURS
In March, King met Isabella, his Learn To Be tutor. Over about 25 hours they tackled phonics through stories and math through games. [Confirm names and permissions]
CHARACTER SELECT · TUTOR
LARRY
RETIRED TEACHER
- HOURS
- 528+
- CLASS
- Volunteer tutor
- SPECIAL
- [Superpower line]
- QUOTE
- "[One-line quote from Larry]"
TUTOR POWER-UP
Tutors: build your own 8-bit avatar and get a Keep the Game Going page to share. Every gift there counts toward the 500. [Coming soon]
INCOMING MESSAGES
THANKS FOR PLAYING
Congrats videos from students, tutors and families who got us to 500,000.
07
CONTINUE?