Changes in the education system in California over the last few years have created the need for new programs as well as expansion of programs that serve the literacy needs of children, specifically the K-3 students. These formative years are . . .
Charles Winstead was injured in the Army about 15 years ago, and he was forced to retire when his superiors realized he was not able to read. He then took on a job driving trucks, but because he could not . . .
The Northern New Jersey Business Volunteer Council (BVC) was officially launched on January 20, 2000, following a year of planning which included representatives from the business community, nonprofit organizations, the Volunteer Center of Bergen County and Bergen County’s United Way. . . .
FCI Ray Brook’s Inmate Volunteer Corps began in 1997. The concept of the Corps is to provide inmates with an opportunity to commit them to perform community projects for various organizations. The Corps also wants the inmates to gain a . . .
Read-to-Win! is an innovative reading enrichment program which promotes reading and literacy among children ages 6-14 in Chicago’s most challenged inner-city areas. Originally planned as a five-year pilot program, Read-to-Win! has been so successful that the One-to-One Learning Center has . . .
At the youthful age of 80, Sarah Bell is more active in a day than some people half her age. A lifetime member of the Church of Christ, Sarah Bell serves every fifth Sunday in the church nursery caring for . . .
The Yuma Reading Council has been a literacy provider in Yuma County since 1981. Beginning then as a small pool of dedicated volunteers and growing today into a large, multi-faceted agency serving the community-at-large, the agency is the largest literacy . . .
Lee County Community Development Corporation (CDC) is a community based 501(c)(3) organization established in July 1996. Governed by a nine-member Board of Directors, with each director representing various communities geographically located within Lee County. The mission is to improve the . . .
Joe Spencer has been active in the community through his service in the Boy Scouts of America for the past 30 years. He has also been actively involved in his religious organization. He recently retired from the Utah Education System . . .
The “Back to School with Fort Worth Independent School District (ISD) School Supply Drive” is an annual Affirmative Action Program sponsored by the Federal Women’s Program and staff sponsors at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell. Since the program began in . . .