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Literacy
Volunteers has a number of different volunteer opportunities
ranging from tutoring to office help. These opportunities
include:
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- Basic
Literacy Tutor - year round one-on-one
- English
Literacy Tutor - small group during the school
year
- Office
Volunteer - help LVL staff with administrative
tasks
- Friend
of Literacy - help in fund and friend raising
through special events
- Other
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landscaper/gardener, mass mailing assistance, librarian,
handyman, computer technician or other special skills
"Many
of our volunteers have been able to bring skills acquired
through their working years to help LVL increase the
literacy of Beaufort County." (Cindi Reily)
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Thousands
of adults in Beaufort County can't read, write or speak English.
Learn how you can help. Consider becoming a trained volunteer
tutor or assisting in the office or with fundraisers.
- Age
18 or better; high school diploma or GED.
- 15+
hours of training provided (no teaching experience
necessary).
- 4-5
hours a week commitment (tutoring and prep time),
usually twice a week.
- May
tutor mornings, afternoons or evenings.
- Don’t
have to speak another language to teach English to
Speakers of Other Languages.
- $35
Registration fee to help cover costs of training;
scholarships available.
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Call Literacy
Volunteers of the Lowcountry at 686-6655.
For more
information about volunteering in Beaufort, please call 525-6658.
LVL
Welcomes New Tutors at Fall Training
LVL trained 24 new tutors for its English and basic
literacy programs in August. We are pleased to welcome
the following:
English literacy tutors: Gaile Bromhower, Carol Gyllenhoff,
Charlene Bradeen, Edward Chapman, Jymie Sobers, Joe
Distelheim, Phyllis Ratliff, Doris Johnson, Andrea
Hodge, Laura Duggan, Molly Cunningham, Ellen Goodstein,
Mary Claire Kearney, Jennifer Sabin, Barbara Breininger,
Lee Robbins, Bob Robbins, Bertha Gadson and Mikian
Royer.
Basic literacy tutors completing tutor training are
Claryce Allen, Madelon Matile, Michele Eberhart, Glenda
Reiners, Julia Ford, Yvonne Chandler, Jan Longest,
Dave Harnett, Dee Renwick, Bonnie Moore, and Lorain
Tascoe-Bey.
Click
here to get more information about
getting started as a volunteer tutor with us.
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A
student named his first baby after his beloved late
tutor, Bruce Cole. |
Click
here to read about what it's like to
tutor adult students with LVL.
Click here if you are already a trained
tutor with Literacy Volunteers of the Lowcountry and
want to access tutor in-service modules and links
to Internet sites that will enhance your tutoring
skills.
Click
here to e-mail us requesting volunteer
information to be sent to you.
Click
here
to complete the volunteer intake form.
Click
here
for mailing addresses.
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