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NEED HELP/GIVE HELP
Learn To Read Better
Call toll free 1-866-705-READ (1-866-705-7323) for information
Be A Volunteer
- Contribute your time and talent as a volunteer tutor with a local
literacy program.
- Serve on the board of a literacy organization
- If you are an employer, encourage your employees to volunteer or
give release time for volunteer training
- Let literacy organizations use your workplace to train tutors and
teach students
- Call toll free 1-866-705-READ (1-866-705-7323) for volunteer
opportunities
Become A Donor
- Make financial gifts or donate gifts-in-kind (books, supplies,
materials, services, etc.) to support a literacy organization or
program
- Not sure which organization or program to support? You can make
a tax-deductible gift to the Literacy Coalition of Onondaga County
and support a wide range of literacy providers in our community,
click here to make a donation. You will then be directed to the
"Give Your Gift Online" page of the United Way of Central New York,
the fiscal agent for the Literacy Coalition of Onondaga County,
and your donation will be acknowledged by us. Thank you.
Be An Advocate
- Be a lifelong learner
- Encourage others to be lifelong learners
- Read with the children in your family
- Let politicians and community leaders know what you think about
literacy
- Do a "literacy audit" to identify and address the barriers that your
organization or workplace may present to people with low literacy
skills
- Invite speakers from literacy groups to speak at your service club or
other membership organization
- Support family-friendly policies for education
- Publish stories about lifelong learning or literacy success stories in
your newsletters
- Create discussion about literacy among your peers and friends
- Use plain language in your written and spoken communications
- Encourage awareness and sensitivity toward less literate people
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