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| Last updated on December 19, 2007 |
The Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition strives to improve the quality of life in our community by promoting and achieving literacy.
Description:
Adult Literacy Outreach: Program recruits and refers adult literacy students to local literacy programs and trains volunteer tutors and refers them as well.
America Reads: This program draws on the skills of adult volunteers and links them with children at risk in a reading enrichment program for students preschool through third grade.
Family Literacy: This program raises basic skill levels of adults in the Glades area and teaches pre-literacy skills to children.
Workforce Literacy: This program provides instruction for workers in English and reading at local worksites.
Literacy AmeriCorps: Trains and places members at local agencies to provide tutoring services.
Care to Read: This program trains visiting nurses and child care staff on literacy strategies.
Reach Out and Read: Utilizes volunteers to read with children in health clinic waiting rooms.
Health Literacy: This program trains staff at medical sites on effective communication strategies to convey health information to people with low literacy levels.
Early Reading First: This program provides training and assistance to literacy coaches and teachers in classrooms that serve bilingual preschool children.
Contact people:
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Maria Zircher, Outreach Coordinator, (561) 279-9103, (email)
Darlene Kostrub, Executive Director, (800) 273-1030, (email) |
Office fax number: (561) 265-3579
Address:
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551 SE 8th Street, Suite 505
Delray Beach, FL 33483
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Web Site: http://www.pbcliteracy.org
Directions:
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Take I 95 to Linton Blvd. East on Linton to US1/Federal Highway. North (left) on US1 for approximately 1.5 miles. 8th street is just past the Miami Subs & Fifth Avenue Grill. Turn left onto 8th street and enter the. . . (more) |
Miscellaneous Information
| What is the minimum age to volunteer? |
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18
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| Can you use a volunteer who is fluent in another language? |
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Yes
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| Does your agency need volunteer assistance during the holidays? |
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Yes
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| Does your agency need volunteer assistance during the summer months? |
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Yes
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User Reflections
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Overall Experience 
What a delight to see a beautiful child's eyes widen with excitement and delight as they see/hear/read a story with me!
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You open up the entire world to a child by reading with them. Through the "Reach Out & Read" Program, the stories are shared in the waiting room of a Doctor office so any apprehension the child may have about their visit is alleviated somewhat and because the parent's are there also, they get to see how positively their child responds to books. A little effort on a volunteer's part can help foster a life long
love of reading.
posted by rrothstein on February 12, 2003 |
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