There is one remaining Tutor Training Workshop scheduled for this Spring. To register, contact Marian Thompson at (845) 452-8670. |
Fri. May 9th - 9:00am to 3:30pm - Basic Reading Sessions 1 & 2
Beacon Light Tabernacle: 1568 Rte. 9D, Beacon, NY 12508
Literacy Volunteers of America has merged with another organization, and is now known as ProLiteracy Worldwide and ProLiteracy America. Literacy Volunteers of Dutchess County will continue its affiliation with this new organization, but will be known locally as Literacy Connections-Dutchess County or simply Literacy Connections. However, your local contacts and services remain unchanged.
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Check out these very unique pins which you can purchase for a mere $12 at our offices at The Family Partnership Center. Or, if you can't come in person, just call 452-8670 or
e-mail, and for an additional $3, we'll mail one to you. |
The profits help keep us going...every little bit helps!
Project Forward is located at The First Presbyterian Church on the corner of N. Hamilton and Church Streets in Poughkeepsie. | Project Forward is a free drop in learning center. Project READ is offered to the children twice a month; childcare every week. Meeting in small groups according to skill level, the trained tutors are helping adult students to learn to speak, read, and write in English. Child care is provided for their children, and we have lots of holiday celebrations together. The program is now in partnership with Dutchess Community College, and is run by Literacy Connections' Poughkeepsie Area Coordinator Carol Domino. For more information, call Carol at 452-8670.
It takes great courage to be an adult to approach strangers and say "I cannot read" or, "I don't understand English." Adults feel humiliation and great shame. Yet, we see people do that here all the time. And so, it is heartbreaking to say "there is a waiting list." Sometimes the wait for a tutor is a very long one. | There are always more students than there are tutors. In order to address the growing needs of our community when it comes to learning, we have created several Drop In Learning Centers. Managed by our staff but run by volunteers, the Drop In Learning Centers serve those folks who are struggling with reading, writing, and speaking English. Many of our students come from Mexico, but are also from other parts of the world. Some were highly proficient in their native language, others were struggling mightily. No matter where they are from, or what level they had achieved in their native land, our adult students are welcome to join our Drop In Centers. They will meet in small groups with others who are at the same level. Learning in a friendly setting, conversation groups are a great way to practice English -- and, to make new friends. There is no waiting list, and of course there is no charge. Some of our centers offer child care while the parents are learning. We celebrate holidays, and often bring in community speakers so that people can learn more about the community.
To learn more, please call Carol or Marian at 452-8670.
in The Poughkeepsie Journal
|  Check the Family Almanac section of the Poughkeepsie Journal the first Sunday of the month for Marj Pfaff's excellent column which focuses on Literacy and related topics. The July column follows:
For those who are trying to help their children have a positive feeling about reading, here are some tips:
Reading is not just for books! Comic books appeal to some children, web sites for children, reading road signs aloud, reading a children's menu in the restaurant. Reading informally is just as important as reading formally. These are methods that work. And one last thing: talk, talk, talk to your children. It builds vocabulary so that when they do read, the words are recognizable. Most of all have fun with it. Someone once said "I was never lonely or bored when I was growing up, because I had books to guide me, comfort me, and delight my imagination." Imagine that.
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Family Partnership Center, Room 218, Poughkeepsie:.Tuesday Evenings, 6:00-8:00PM.