"Literacy Changes Lives"
Literacy is the ability to read, write, speak English and use math skills in everyday life to achieve personal goals.
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 northwestern Warren County.
For more information about LVSC, becoming a student or a tutor, please contact us at:
Literacy Volunteers of Sussex County
P.O. Box 453
Newton, NJ 07860Phone: (973) 300-9444
Email: literacyforyou@gmail.com
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 session is in the Spring 2013 for those wishing to become volunteers. Please join our mailing list to be notified of details as the date approaches.
The next training session is in Fall 2013 for those wishing to become volunteers.
Dates: Tuesday evenings September and October
Time: 6:30 to 9:30 pm
Place:Homer's Restaurant 18 Sparta Road Sparta NJ
Time: 6:30 to 9:30 pm
LVSC : Making a Difference
LVSC trained 31 new tutors during our fiscal year of 2011-2012. In all, 116 students were tutored a total of 3,200 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 2011-2012. In all, 116 students were tutored a total of 3,200 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."
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