Literacy: Spanning the US
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Reading Connections in Guilford County Looking For Volunteers To Help Adults Learn To Read
My Fox 8: 1.09.2020 by Lindsay Tuman
Thousands of people in Guilford County are struggling with literacy, and a local organization is trying to help.
Reading Connections has had its doors open in Guilford County since 1990. Right now in Guilford County, the organization says one in five adults lack the literacy to fill out a job application or read a children's book.
"So one in five adults struggles in this area, and we like to think about it as the Greensboro Coliseum complex three times over, so that’s a really great need. And we certainly need volunteer tutors to help us so we can serve our community even better,” Karen Evans said. Evans is the volunteer coordinator and adult literacy instructor at Reading Connections.
It doesn't just help with reading books. It helps with a lot of basic things people might not think twice about every day.
"It’s how to navigate your world. It’s how you read the prescription label on the medication for you and your child. It’s little things like that that we take for granted every single day,” Evans said. WATCH 02:09
Grade Level: 8
Reading Level: standard / average.
Reader's Age: 12-14 yrs. old
(Seventh and Eighth graders)
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Literacy Pittsburgh's 'What Is Your Vision For 2020' Campaign Seeks Volunteers
Post Gazette: 1.09.2020 by Deana Carpenter
Literacy Pittsburgh is making a push for volunteers with its “What is your vision for 2020” recruitment campaign, which runs through the month of January.
Founded in 1982, Literacy Pittsburgh offers tutoring services to adults throughout the Pittsburgh area in Allegheny and Beaver counties with both volunteers and paid classroom teachers.
Last year, nearly 500 tutors logged more than 27,000 volunteer hours within Literacy Pittsburgh’s two core programs — college and career readiness and English language learning. In 2019, 594 students were tutored in the English language learning program and another 368 in its college and career readiness program.
Despite all those volunteer hours, there is a great need for more tutors now and throughout the year.
“People often want to make a positive change in their own lives and give back to their community as a new year begins,” said Maria Polinsky, director of marketing and communications for Literacy Pittsburgh.
“Becoming an adult literacy tutor is a great way to change another person’s life while enriching your own,” she said. READ MORE>>
Grade Level: 13
Reading Level: difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 18-19 yrs. old
(college level entry)
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Literacy Council Receives Grant for Family Reading Program
The Pilot: 1.09.2020 by Laura Douglass
The Moore County Literacy Council has received a grant of $1,000 from Moore Women - A Giving Circle Fund to support its expanding Motheread/Fatheread program. Motheread is an award-winning family literacy program known for the excellence of its teaching approach.
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Research has shown that reading to young children can offer profound, lifelong positive impacts. Hearing stories, looking at pictures and new vocabulary words are known to strengthen brain development, studies have shown, but the act of reading to a child also encourages their social and emotional growth.
The Moore County Literacy Council (MCLC), based in The Read Moore Center in Southern Pines, conducts Motheread programs across the county, usually in collaboration with partners such as The Hope Academy and Head Start programs. READ MORE >>
Grade Level: 14
Reading Level: difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 21-22 yrs. old (college level)
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San Diego Council on Literacy
Presidio Sentinel: 1.05.2020 by Laura Walcher
The San Diego Council on Literacy (SDCOL) recently held its “Literacy Champions Reception” and “Hall of Fame” induction. Yes, I was there. And, I was “inducted!” In thanks, I performed the event’s shortest speech: “Reading is Educational! Reading is Tranquilizing! Reading is Power!” Yes, a belief heartily shared by my co-awardees, and a near-religion for Jose Cruz, the council’s CEO. We talked:
LW: Jose, these days, folks often find it easier to just push a button to learn news of the day, history, even get help or advice for any situation. Do we still need organizations like SDCOL?
JC: Technology has helped our society close gaps in communications and increase access to information and other resources. Regardless, statistically speaking, the person who cannot read or read well, will not do as well in life as those who do both, well. The person who cannot read or read well, will be less likely to enjoy a book with their children, help those children with homework, engage with their community, get a high school diploma, attend college, or secure the career of their choice. The least literate of our society will earn a lesser salary than their more literate peers. They will be less likely to vote and will be more likely to struggle in the roles that adults play in our society.
LW: Your warm, lovely reception last month certainly reinforced society’s need for reading, for literacy, but I couldn’t help noticing the “seniority” – read that “ages” of attendees was short, to say the least, on younger guests in the audience.
JC: All of us should be concerned about the role that the next generation of residents and philanthropists will play in our society. Previous generations of donors gave us good reason to be confident about the practice of contributing to important causes. In the current era, we have questions. READ MORE >>
Grade Level: 10
Reading Level: standard / average.
Reader's Age: 14-15 yrs. old
(Ninth to Tenth graders)
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