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10 people are interested
Become a trained literacy volunteer!
ORGANIZATION: Literacy Volunteers of America, Essex & Passaic Counties
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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10 people are interested
Life is limited when you can't read medical label warnings, correspondence from your childrens' teachers, instructions on a new appliance, complete a job application, read a street sign, directions, or apply for a driver's license. Yet many adults find themselves in exactly that position, particularly here in Essex County, where one in every four adults is considered functionally illiterate in English, according to U.S. Department of Education data.
When you help an adult, you help her or his entire family. At Literacy Volunteers of America, Essex & Passaic Counties, we have a long list of U.S. citizens and immigrants, among them refugees and asylum seekers, waiting for help in learning to speak, understand, read, and write in English. But we need volunteers to teach them. Here's how you can help:
Become a volunteer literacy tutor by attending our 18-hour tutor training course at Montclair Public Library 50 S. Fullerton Ave. Montclair, NJ Saturdays 12:15-3:45 p.m., September 8, 15, 22, 29, and October 6, 2018.
Volunteers work once per week for two hours and earn a certificate as tutors of Basic Literacy and English for Speakers of Other Languages from Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA), one of the largest non-profit adult literacy organizations in the country. And more than that, they help improve the lives of adults and their family members.
For more information, please contact LVA at 973-566-6200, ext 225, via email emartin@lvaep.org or register through our website www.lvaep.org/forms.html
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About Literacy Volunteers of America, Essex & Passaic Counties
Location:
Bloomfield Public Library, 90 Broad St., Bloomfield, NJ 07003, US
Mission Statement
The Literacy Volunteers of America, Essex & Passaic, is a non-profit, volunteer-based educational organization that promotes and fosters increased adult literacy in the New Jersey counties of Essex and Passaic.
Description
The Literacy Volunteers of America, Essex & Passaic, is a non-profit, volunteer-based educational organization that promotes and fosters increased adult literacy in the New Jersey counties of Essex and Passaic.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
50 S. Fullerton Ave.Montclair, NJ 07042
DATE POSTED
August 23, 2018
SKILLS
- Literacy / Reading
- Adult Education
- English as a Secondary Language (ESL)
- Reading / Writing
- Tutoring
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Two hours per week
- High school diploma required