CHAPTER ONE (How it Started):

Once upon a time, two retired teachers saw a need for adult learning in our community and had a very good idea. And thus in a basement in 1985, Literacy Volunteers Winchester Area was born. LVWA become an affiliate of Literacy Volunteers of America in 1989 and a United Way Agency in 1990.

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN (How it's Going):

Today LVWA provides one-on-one and small group classes in the following areas: Basic Adult Reading, English Language Learning, Citizenship Preparedness, Computer Skills, Financial Literacy, and Workplace Literacy. We also help students who are studying for their GED test, filling out applications and forms, or training to obtain their driver's license.

We are fortunate to have a dedicated team of qualified volunteer tutors to assist adults in building their literacy skills to be better prepared for today’s job market, to get a promotion, and to be more engaged in the community. We provide services to residents of the City of Winchester, Frederick County, and Clarke County in Virginia.

We partner with Just Neighbors, who offer low-cost, family-based immigration legal services.

We are the lead organization for The Winchester Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, a collaborative effort by foundations, nonprofit partners, business leaders, government agencies, states, and communities across the nation to ensure that more children in low-income families succeed in school and graduate prepared for college, a career, and active citizenship.

In addition, we are the managing partner in the Winchester Little Libraries, which are community libraries placed all over the city of Winchester in community spaces where anyone can find a book to read or leave a book to share with others.

Finally, we are the local affiliate for The Dolly Parton Imagination Library for the City of Winchester. Frederick, and Clarke counties. This program mails all children in the service area who have registered for the program a book every month from the day they are born, until their fifth birthday.

TO BE CONTINUED... (Our Goals):

Literacy Volunteers Winchester Area - The Next Chapter

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Literacy Volunteers Winchester Area - The Next Chapter

Help us write our next chapter by supporting community literacy in our area!