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Literacy Volunteers Valley Shore, CT, Inc.
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Last updated on April 22, 2008

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We train volunteer tutors to work with students in Basic Reading and English as a Second Language.

Description:
Literacy Volunteers Valley Shore trains volunteer tutors to teach Basic Reading and English as a Second Language primarily to adult residents of the Valley Shore area who cannot read, write or speak English, or wish to improve these basic skills. This one-to-one instruction is held confidential and is completely without charge to the student.

History:
Literacy Volunteers Valley Shore has been serving the residents of the Valley Shore towns for the past 27 years. We are located in the Clark Building, next to the Essex Firehouse at 25 Middlesex Turnpike in Essex.. We service about 200 students a year. In addition to tutors we also have a need for other volunteers - office help, board members, fund raisers etc.

Contact person: Mary Ellen Jewett, Executive Director, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (860) 767-1038

Address:
 25 Middlesex Turnpike
Essex, CT 06426
(See a map)

Web Site: http://vsliteracy.org

Directions:
 To get here from ROUTE 9 NORTH: Take Exit 3 off Route 9 North. Go straight across the road to 25 Middlesex Turnpike. To get here from ROUTE 9 SOUTH: Take Exit 3 off Route 9 South. Take a left at end of exit, go under Route 9 to traffic light. Go straight at light. 25 Middlesex Turnpike Is on the left a few hundred feet past traffic light next to the Essex Firehouse. To get here from I-95: Take the Route 9 exit off I-95. Go to exit 3 (see Rte. 9 north above) To get here from ROUTE 153: Follow Route 153 to Essex. Go under Route 9 to traffic lights. Turn right onto Middlesex Turnpike. Go a few hundred feet to No. 25 on the left (next to Essex Firehouse). It’s a one-story tan building. The Literacy Volunteers office is located on the side of the tan building facing you as you enter the driveway with a red awning over the entrance. Our sign is to the left of the entrance door.


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