Thank you for helping us meet our goal of the
LVGW Annual Appeal!
But as the need for our services continues to rise, your additional support is truly appreciated.  Please visit our "Donate" page to learn how you can help.

Are you a customer of Naugatuck Savings Bank?
If so, you can help LVGW win valuable funding!  The Naugatuck Savings Bank Foundation’s Annual Community Awards Program is back!  NSB Customers can vote to decide how to award $50,000 in our community.  Winners will receive a proportional share.  Each NSB customer can cast one vote now through March 31, 2012 through a paper ballot at any NSB branch or online at www.naugatucksavingsbank.com.

 

Thank you for your assistance – please ask your family and friends to vote for LVGW too!  To complete the ballot, write Literacy Volunteers of Greater Waterbury,
267 Grand Street, Waterbury, CT   06702  ~   203-754-1164.  Thanks again!

Save these Dates:

Dr. Seuss Storytime

Friday, March 2, 2012  ~  6:30PM

Barnes & Noble, 235 Union Street, Waterbury

• Guest readers will share favorite stories from the Dr. Seuss collection
• Fun activities to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday

You can also support LVGW through a Barnes & Noble Bookfair from March 2-4, 2012 both in-store or online.  Books, Nooks®, games and more. In-store:  Please mention Literacy Volunteers at the register.

Online:  Use code 10665438.  Many thanks!

In Their Words…an Afternoon

with Authors Diane Meier and Frank Delaney

Sunday, March 18^th at the Watertown Golf Club

More info to come soon!

And don’t miss…

Friday, May 11, 2012

A Call for Tutors
Discover how you can help local adults learn how to read, write, speak, and understand English.  Our next training session will begin in March.  Call Vanessa or Tina 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.

Ruth Johnson Colvin was shocked when she read a 1961 Syracuse Post-Standard newspaper article that stated there were over 11,000 people in her county who could not read or write well.  She began speaking with local social service agencies, community leaders, and church groups.  With the help of reading experts, she developed a means to train volunteers to tutor adults.  In 1962, she started Literacy Volunteers of America. In 2002, Literacy Volunteers merged with Laubach Literacy to form ProLiteracy America.

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 free programs for adults:

• Basic Literacy (BL) for adults who speak English but read and write at very low levels
• English as a Second Language (ESL) for immigrants and refugees who need English  instruction in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English
• Family Literacy designed for parents of children in pre-school and elementary school.        

LVGW is especially dedicated to building workforce and job readiness skills to build self-confidence and self-sufficiency.

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