Literacy Connection / Blue Ridge Literacy Council Inc

The Literacy Connection's mission is to help people transform their lives by cultivating literacy skills that promote economic and social success. To do that, The Literacy Connection provides an Employment Education Program, a Teen Program, a Family Literacy Program, and a program on Digital Literacy. Classes are taught by the community and volunteer tutors who go through program-specific training.

All students, adults, and teens, must have goals toward which they are actively working with their tutors. In the fiscal year 2022-2023, 44 students achieved at least one of their goals. This includes 12 who either got a better job or received a raise or promotion at their current job, 14 students who obtained United States Citizenship, and 15 who increased their involvement in their children's educational activities.

In the fiscal year July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023, The Literacy Connection served 159 students, trained 32 new tutors, had 28 community members attend Volunteer Orientation, and worked with four office volunteers. The tutors logged 3,853 instructional hours, and students logged 3,188 instructional hours.