Literacy Volunteers of Sussex County
"Literacy Changes Lives"
Literacy is the ability to read, write, speak English and use math skills in everyday life to achieve personal goals.
For more information about LVSC, becoming a student or a tutor, please contact us at:
Literacy Volunteers of Sussex County provides literacy tutoring services that are free, one-on-one, confidential and based on individual needs to adults in Sussex County and parts of Warren County.
Literacy Volunteers of Sussex County
P.O. Box 453
Newton, NJ 07860Phone: (973) 300-9444
Email: literacyforyou@gmail.com or join our mailing list
Do you want to change a life by teaching an adult to read, speak and and understand the English language?
Tutoring is rewarding, enriching and FUN!
The next training sessions are in Spring 2012 for those wishing to become volunteers. Please join our mailing list to be notified of details as the date approaches.
Date: Tuesdays September and October
Time: 6:30 to 9:30 pm
Place: Sparta United Methodist Church
LVSC : Making a Difference
LVSC trained 31 new tutors during our fiscal year of 2010-2011. In all, 137 students were tutored a total of 3,900 hours during this year.
Do You Know the Facts about Literacy?
According to the National Adult Literacy Survey, approximately 44 million people in the United States cannot read well enough to fill out an application, read a food label, or read a simple story to a child.
$5 billion a year in taxes goes to support people receiving public assistance who are unemployable due to illiteracy.
According to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau Data available, nearly 15,000 residents over the age of 25 in both Sussex County and in Warren County do not have a high school diploma.
LVSC trained 31 new tutors during our fiscal year of 2010-2011. In all, 137 students were tutored a total of 3,900 hours during this year.
Do You Know the Facts about Literacy?
According to the National Adult Literacy Survey, approximately 44 million people in the United States cannot read well enough to fill out an application, read a food label, or read a simple story to a child.
$5 billion a year in taxes goes to support people receiving public assistance who are unemployable due to illiteracy.
According to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau Data available, nearly 15,000 residents over the age of 25 in both Sussex County and in Warren County do not have a high school diploma.
Among the growing immigrant population in both counties, approximately 3,000 residents in each one feel isolated or limited by language communications problems.
"Literacy Changes Lives."
Last updated 1/4/2012
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