Bill and Mary Frances Jaster founded the Colorado Vincentian Volunteer (CVV) program in 1995. Their goal was to create a program where young people learn to live in solidarity with the poor, and obtain spiritual growth while working to alleviate . . .
Since 1970, EMLC has trained and supported more than 3,000 dedicated volunteers who have provided free literacy services for adults (both native speakers of English and new English speakers) seeking to improve their own lives. Volunteers provide services in all . . .
According to the National Institute for Literacy, more than 129,000 Northern Virginia adults are functionally illiterate, which means they are unable to complete a job application, read a prescription bottle, or read to their children. Established in 1962, the Literacy . . .
Generations Incorporated was born of the conviction that the separate needs of youth and senior citizens could be addressed by bringing the two groups together. Founded in 1991, Generations Incorporated incorporates the generations to strengthen individuals and communities. Generations Incorporated . . .
According to a 1990 census report, 17% of the adult population in Ionia County, a rural county in Michigan, is functionally illiterate. Thus, the Ionia County Literacy Council was formed in August 1987 to address the needs that illiteracy brings . . .
In response to the demands of daily living and the challenges of the technological workplace, the Dominican Adult Literacy Center provides free one-to-one tutoring in reading, writing, math and basic computer, through the services of certified volunteers who tutor adults . . .
The volunteers of the Civic Literacy Project believe that young people can be community assets and the force for civic renewal. Founded in 1997, the Civic Literacy Project provides youth with a positive way to be involved in their communities . . .
The Children’s Reading Program started in 1994 as an outgrowth of the Literacy Volunteers Program of Martinsville. It is a pilot program in which volunteers read to children who come to the Emergency Room of the local hospital. When the . . .
Literacy skills are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with Level 5 reflecting the highest skills and Level 1, the lowest. According to the Adult Literacy Estimates based on the 1990 U.S. Census, 17% of the population in . . .
In 1990, when the Imani House was established as a nonprofit organization, Bisi Iderabdullah came back to Brooklyn, NY from Liberia to solicit support for victims of the Liberian Civil War. The plight of the adolescent males in her Brooklyn . . .