“Giving the gift of literacy” was a goal Betty Wright and her late husband Frank Wright had in mind when they established The Frank and Betty Wright Foundation. In 1979, a children’s literacy program called Wright to Read (WTR) was . . .
Two requirements for volunteers and instructors working in the PALS Lab are concern for people and commitment to the importance of education. Mallory Wooten exhibited both of these characteristics in her work with these students. PALS Lab Community Needs & . . .
Margaret Banks, age 74, has been a resident of Pottstown Borough in Montgomery County, PA for the last 50 years and believes wholeheartedly that you need to get involved in your community as a volunteer to make it a better . . .
Time flies when you’re having fun. It has been over five years that Foster Grandparent Volunteer, Alberta Hall (Grandma Alberta) has assisted in Mr. Laird’s 1st grade class. She is amazing and has made a huge impact on these youngsters. . . .
The tradition of service to the community can be traced to the example of our Founding Fathers; some of whom were Stafford county residents. However, the county’s character has changed markedly. Stafford is one of the fastest growing counties in . . .
KOREH L.A. the Los Angeles Jewish Coalition for Literacy was created by the Jewish Federation’s Jewish Community Relations Committee in 1999 as the Jewish community’s commitment to the literacy movement. Koreh is the Hebrew word for “read”. Inspired by the . . .
Gary Becks is the Special Assistant to Congressman Duncan Hunter. He currently works in the California District office. Becks served in Viet Nam with the Third Marines as a Med-Evac corpsman. His decorations include seven Air Medals for performance in . . .
Mercy Learning Center, founded in 1987, is a non-sectarian, basic literacy and life skills training program for low-income women (primarily mothers) who read at a level between 0 and 8th grade. The Center operates two core programs during the year . . .
Whole families grow up and grow stronger at Calvary Bilingual Multicultural Learning Center. Often families first come for childcare, pre-school and after-school programs. Both parents and children may stay for classes or return as staff and become part of the . . .
Focus America is a New Jersey nonprofit corporation that is solely run by volunteers and develops and enhances the business acumen of young high school and college students who then go on to create, implement and manage their own community-service . . .