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Links
to Independent Literacy Programs
in
Michigan
Please contact these organizations directly, as they are not affiliated with Literacy Connections.
Volunteer opportunities are posted here as a service to prospective volunteers and to literacy organizations -- Literacy Connections has not investigated them and does not endorse them.
Statewide Opportunities for Literacy Volunteers
Detroit
The
Open Door at Fort Street Presbyterian Church
631
W. Fort St.
313-961-4533
Pasteur
Elementary School
Marcy
Feldman, President Pasteur Elementary School Alumni Foundation
248
399-6446
mandm@voyager.net
Detroit
Jewish Coalition for Literacy
The
Detroit Jewish Coalition for Literacy (DJCL) is an umbrella organization that
works to increase
the Jewish community's involvement in the fight against illiteracy by mobilizing volunteer
readers, tutors and book drive organizers. Serving Wayne and Oakland counties.
Contact
Phyllis Jarvis at 248/642-5393 jarvis@jfmd.org
Kent
County
Grand
Rapids, Michigan E-Mail: info@kentliteracy.org
Phone:
(616) 245-7962
We
need volunteers to work with adults who need help learning to read, improving
their reading
skills, or learning to read, speak, and write the English language.
Our
core program is one-to-one tutoring. If you want additional information about
our organization,
please visit our web site.
The
WORD Project
consists of three programs: Adult English As A Second Language, Homework
Assistance Skills Development (an after school tutorial for youth), and Drop
in and
Learn for families. All three of our programs depend on dedicated volunteers
who serve
two hours a week for a minimum of six months. We
are located on the Northwest side of Grand Rapids in the Steepletown Center
at the
corner of Fifth and Davis Streets across from St. Adalberts Church. If interested
call (616)
458-0871. Ask for Sr. Mary Ann Ferguson, OP or Martha Dahl, AmeriCorps Member.
Oakland
County
Ferndale
Ferndale
Public Schools.
Contact The Reading Team at (248) 586-8840.
Pontiac
Walton
Charter Academy is
a Kindergarten - Seventh Grade School located at 744 E. Walton Blvd.
The number is (248)371-9300 or at 26.csprings@heritageacademies.com
Volunteers
are needed for tutoring or reading to small children. Hours are flexible to
your schedule
Please contact Colleen Springs.
Walled Lake
Loon
Lake Elementary School.
Contact Susan Winder at (248) 956-4000.
Waterford
Burt
Elementary School.
Contact Kendra Wyniemko at (248) 682-5110
Knudsen
Elementary School.
Readers and Leaders Program (248) 682-7300.
Sanilac
County
The
Sanilac Literacy Council
has been operating for more than 15 years. We are an affiliate of ProLiteracy.
We meet the students' abilities where they are, and build on them. Contact Grace
Temple, Director 810-648-2200
Wayne County
The Community Literacy Council recruits and trains volunteer to work with adults (16 year and up) to improve their English reading, writing and speaking skills. Volunteers meet in a public location and work either one-on-one with a student or in small groups. Contact Mercedes Williams, Tutor Program Coordinator at 734.416.4906
The Siena Literacy Center offers one-on-one tutoring in basic reading, & math to adult Students with one tutor. Students & Tutors from west Wayne County, Detroit and nearby cities. Tutors are volunteers & work with individual students. Located Telegraph & Plymouth Rd. in Redford. 313-532-8404
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