Literacy: Spanning the U.S.
Adult Literacy Program seeks volunteer tutors
Turlock
Journal: 3.28.2017 by Alysson Aredas
While the ability to read and write is often taken for
granted by many, it is not a guaranteed skill set shared by everyone. With this
in mind, LearningQuest’s Adult Literacy Program is
hoping to recruit more volunteer tutors to help adult students throughout
Stanislaus County improve their basic reading and writing skills in order to
achieve their individual goals — whether it is earning a high school diploma or
getting a promotion at work.
Literacy Program Manager Natalie Ochoa said that there
are currently 25 to 30 adults currently on the program’s waiting list, which is
why LearningQuest is actively looking to enlist the help of volunteer tutors.
“So many people take it for granted that they can
read, so you just never know who’s out there who can’t read,” said Ochoa.
“That’s why this is an amazing program.”
Students who are currently registered for the program
and awaiting tutors include a 46-year-old man who fluently reads and writes in
Spanish, but hopes to improve his reading and writing skills in English to earn
a High School Equivalency Diploma; a 32-year-old woman who was born in Kuwait
that can speak four languages, but is looking to improve her reading, writing
and conversational skills in English; and a 50-year-old South Korean man who
teaches Korean in Modesto and wants to improve his reading and writing skills
in English to help him pass the CBEST test so he can teach high school. READ MORE @
Celebrate National Library Week
Visalia Times Delta: 3.29.2017
During April, join us to celebrate how libraries,
volunteers, and poetry transform lives, and the Tulare County Library provides
a perfect place to bring these three together.
“The Tulare County Library welcomes the entire
community to the world of unlimited opportunities found in our Library
Branches. We provide equal access for everyone seeking information and
resources that will transform their lives.”—Darla Wegener, County Librarian
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Every day we welcome people from our diverse
communities to the Tulare County Library and the Read to Succeed Literacy program. During
this year’s National Library Week we celebrate that
public libraries transform lives within our community spaces.
Our biggest supporters and promoters of the Library
are our volunteers. We honor them all year and especially during National Volunteer Week, April 23-29.
Coming from all over Tulare County, these dedicated people make it possible for
the Library and its staff to offer wonderful services to everyone. READ MORE @
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100-Year-Young Ruth Colvin Shares Lifelong Journey to
Promote Adult Literacy
Santa Clara Weekly:
3.31.2017-4.06.2017 by Cynthia Cheng
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“I’m now 100 and I say age is just a number; it’s what
you do with your number and I keep trying to do that,” said Ruth Colvin,
lifelong adult literacy advocate, who spoke to a large group at the Santa Clara
Senior Center on March 18. The event was hosted by Santa Clara City Library’s Read Santa Clara
and San Jose Public Library’s Partners in Reading,
both of which are adult literacy programs.
“We consider Ruth Colvin the mother of the adult literacy movement,” said Shanti
Bhaskaran, literary program supervisor for the Santa Clara City Library.
Bhaskaran added that Colvin authored about nine books, was inducted into the
National Women’s Hall of Fame and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom by
former President George W. Bush in 2006.
“I never told my age during my 80s [because] no one
put you on projects or boards because they thought you were old...until on my
90th birthday that President Bush gave me the Presidential Medal of Freedom, he
told everybody I was 90 years old,” Colvin said. “So my secret was out to the
world so I changed my attitude. Life is a matter of changes, it’s your
attitude, how you look at something. Now I tell everybody my age because it
makes them feel young.”
Colvin shared her secrets for how she stays in shape
and maintains her sharp wit. READ MORE @
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