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Literacy: Spanning the US

Read To Succeed Receives 2 $10K Grants From the Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Murfreesboro Voice: 5.21.2020 by

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently awarded Read To Succeed two grants, a $10,000 grant to support Youth & Family Literacy and a $10,000 grant to support Adult Literacy. These local grants are part of more than $8.6 million in grants awarded to more than 950 schools, nonprofits and organizations across the communities Dollar General serves.

“Read To Succeed is so grateful for the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. We both have the same goal and that is to change the trajectory of individuals in our community through literacy,” RTS Director Jolene Radnoti said.

Read To Succeed’s Family Literacy Program serves the child and family. With two key programs offered in collaboration with Rutherford County and Murfreesboro City, Head Start and support summer Community Summer Camps; Read To Succeed aims to bring the family together to celebrate literacy along with the JOY of reading. Family Literacy Events are conducted throughout the school year in partnership with local universities in our local elementary schools. Imagination Station events are held in collaboration with Community Development Institute Mid-Cumberland Head Start sites in Rutherford County.

The Adult Literacy Program works with adults 18 years-of-age and older to provide one-on-one tutoring in basic literacy at no cost to the learner.  READ MORE ➤➤

Based on (7) readability formulas:
Grade Level: 13
Reading Level: difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 18-19 yrs. old
(college level entry)

Literacy Volunteers Seeks Tutors For Online Outreach Program
Tifton Gazette: 5.23.2020 by Mary Beth Yeary

Literacy Volunteers of Tifton-Tift County is looking for volunteers to be tutors in their online outreach program this summer. The online outreach program is for those who need to improve their literacy skills or study for the GED exams.

Bonnie Sayles, executive director of LVTTC, said the organization works closely with Southern Regional Technical College (SRTC) and they have been working with the college online and GED classes.

Sayles said one of the organizations that Literacy Volunteers is a part of, ProLiteracy, conducted online seminar programs on distance learning.

“At this time with so many people doing Zoom meetings and FaceTiming, it seemed like a good time to do distance learning,” said Sayles.

Taylor Hand, an Abraham Baldwin Agricultural Center senior who interns with Literacy Volunteers is recruiting volunteers for distance learning.

“We are encouraging students, ABAC instructors, teachers off for the summer and retired teachers to contact Literacy Volunteers to be a mentor or coach working with GED students and Literacy clients over the summer,” said Sayles. Sayles said she would train the volunteers to be able to do online outreach.  READ MORE ➤➤

Based on (7) readability formulas:
Grade Level: 14
Reading Level: difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 21-22 yrs. old
(college level)

Literacy Council of Montgomery County
Studio 501c3 EP 19: 4.23.2020 by Kim Jones

The LCMC (Literacy Council of Montgomery County) teaches English to adult students as Executive Director Gabriel Martinez Cabrera tells Studio 501c3 host Kim Jones on this episode. But there is more. The associated programs offered by this nonprofit also prepare clients for family-sustaining work.  WATCH 15:00


Reading Connections Continues Work To Offer Stability Amid The Pandemic
My Fox 8: 5.27.2020 by Katie Nordeen

Reading is a fundamental skill that too many adults in our community lack. Reading Connections is on a mission to change that.

“By educating parents and educating their children, we’re working towards breaking that cycle of illiteracy and thereby breaking the cycle of poverty,” said Allison Welch, Literacy Manager with Reading Connections.

“We serve adult students, both native English speakers as well as immigrants and refugees, and we help them improve their English literacy skills,” said Welch.

Since 2006, it’s offered The Family Literacy Classes — a 10-week course for parents and their children.

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For now, Reading Connections is offering distance education programming and providing their families a bit of stability during these uncertain times.

“They’re dealing with job loss and filing for unemployment and many other things that many other folks are dealing with during this difficult time,” Welch said. “But the fact that our students continue to seek out these opportunities to improve their English skills is awesome.”  WATCH 01:53

Based on (7) readability formulas:
Grade Level: 11
Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 15-17 yrs. old
(Tenth to Eleventh graders)


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