Literacy:
Spanning the U.S.
Northwest Alabama
Reading Aides sharing the gift of literacy
WHNT19:
5.25.2105 by Clarissa McClain
Teaching adults to read
is a simple, but incredibly valuable mission. WHNT NEWS 19 pays it forward to
the Northwest Alabama Reading Aides.
Not being able to read
puts you at a severe disadvantage.
“Of course, if they
can’t read, they’re so limited,” says Jim Green, Northwest Alabama Reading
Aides Director. “You can’t find a good job, can’t fill out an application,
can’t read a pill bottle or contracts.”
It makes people
vulnerable.
“We had one student who
said someone had taken advantage of him because he couldn’t read,” describes
Green.
It also makes people
the brunt of cruel jokes.
“We had one lady whose
daughters who would make fun of her and that’s why she got involved,” says
Green. “She just got tired of not being able to read.”
Green and a host of
volunteers are committed to changing that. They tutor people age 16 and older,
including stroke victims and individuals learning English as a second language.
“Basically, the mission
is to share literacy with the folks in the three counties that we cover who are
either illiterate or functionally illiterate,” explains Green.
“The numbers are
about 15 percent in the area, so that’s about 1 in 7.” VIDEO
Camden County Librarian
to be Honored for Her Achievements
Gloucester
Township Patch: 5.26.2015 by Anthony Bellano
Adult Education/Literacy
Coordinator Shyamoli De is being awarded the 2015 “Celebrate Literacy Award” by
the West Jersey Reading Council, an
Honor Council Affiliate of the International Literacy Association, the Camden County Library System
announced.
The award recognizes
individuals that have made significant contributions in the local or state
community to promote literacy.
De is being recognized
for her efforts and achievements as Director of the Literacy Volunteers of
Camden County.
She will be recognized
during the WJRC’s annual awards dinner at Barone’s Restaurant in Moorestown on
Wednesday, May 27, 5:30 p.m.
“We are pleased to see
Shyamoli’s work in leading Literacy Volunteers of Camden County is being
recognized by others in the literacy field. This past year over 160 tutors have
been working with 200 students, which is having a profoundly positive impact on
the communities we serve,” Camden County Library Director Linda Devlin said. READ
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Volunteering makes a
difference
Norwood
Wicked Local: 5.30.2015 by Norma Logan
Most people think of
volunteerism in conjunction with hospitals, the Red Cross, animal shelters, or
overseas agencies. There are many more volunteer opportunities than these and
varied reasons for people who seek them out.
I am interested in
volunteerism because I train and work with literacy volunteers in the literacy
volunteer program at the Norwood Library, and
I, myself, was once a volunteer tutor.
I can remember when
President John F. Kennedy spoke the famous line, “Ask not what your country can
do for you, but what you can do for your country.”
The meaning of that went
beyond the idea of volunteering, but it reflected the concept of giving of
oneself to better mankind and society.
Volunteering is foreign
and strange to many of our English as a Second Language adult students whom we
serve in the literacy program. Their countries and cultures do not have the
luxury of promoting the practice. I tutored a Korean woman who was anxious to
bring the idea back to her country. READ MORE
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