20-10 Challenge 

In an effort to recruit 20 new tutors in 10 hours, LVGW is spotlighting

Wednesday, September 8, 2010, International Literacy Day, for this call to action.  To learn more about the empowering role of literacy in our community,

choose one of these one-hour orientations and register by calling

Vanessa or Tina at 203-754-1164.

Wednesday, September 8  20-10 Challenge

8am at John Bale Book Company, 158 Grand Street, Waterbury

10am at Cheshire Public Library, 104 Main Street, Cheshire

12noon in the Café of Barnes & Noble, 235 Union Street, Waterbury

2pm in the Café of Borders Books, 100 Main Street North, Southbury

4pm at the Depot Square Mall OWL Center, Suite 107, Watertown

 6pm at Naugatuck Savings Bank, 87 Church Street, Naugatuck 

Save the Date and Join the Spellebration!

Thursday, October 21, 2010  ~  5:30 p.m.

The Howland-Hughes Center

140 Bank Street in Downtown Waterbury

 Team of 5 players:  $125

Call for Student Team Discount

Thank You to our Event Sponsor

 Visit our Events & Fundraiser Page or Click here for a registration form

A Call for Tutors

Discover how you can help local adults

learn how to read, write, speak and understand English.

Call Vanessa for information at 203-754-1164

About Literacy Volunteers of Greater Waterbury, Inc.

Literacy Volunteers was founded in Syracuse, New York in 1962. It quickly grew into a national organization with affiliates throughout the U.S. In 2002, Literacy Volunteers of America merged with Laubach Literacy to form ProLiteracy Worldwide, the largest adult literacy organization in the world.

Literacy Volunteers of Greater Waterbury (LVGW) was founded in 1974. As an accredited affiliate of ProLiteracy America, we are proud to be a member of a national and international network of community-based education programs. LVGW is located in the lower level of the Silas Bronson Library, Waterbury.

LVGW strives to meet the literacy needs of adults in the Greater Waterbury area residing in the following 14 towns: Waterbury, Wolcott, Plymouth, Thomaston, Prospect, Naugatuck, Beacon Falls, Oxford, Cheshire, Bethlehem, Middlebury, Southbury, Woodbury, and Watertown/Oakville.

LVGW offers Adult Student Programs in Basic Literacy (BL) for adults who speak English but read and write at very low levels, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) for non-English speakers who need instruction in reading, writing, speaking and understanding English, and Family Literacy designed for parents of children in pre-school and elementary school.

Literacy Volunteers of Greater Waterbury, Inc.
Silas Bronson Library ~ 267 Grand Street ~ Waterbury, CT 06702
203-754-1164

Literacy Volunteers of Greater Waterbury, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Agency