We provide free tutoring services by trained volunteers to adults in need of basic literacy education (reading and writing), HSE (GED) math and ESL in the Bergen County, New Jersey area.
"Literate parents raise literate families, ensuring a better future for all."
Why Literacy?
Parents should be able to read to their children...
People need to ask others to help them if they're unable to read...
Immigrants get left behind because they can't speak English...
Illiteracy affects us all in terms of higher unemployment, poverty and crime.
Carl Palmer
Project Literacy staff and trustees meet Carl Palmer of "Asia" and Emerson, Lake & Palmer at his fund raiser for Project Literacy
Did you know that 1 in 4 American adults volunteers in their community? And together, American volunteers donate nearly 7.9 billion hours of service annually?
According to the Independent Sector, the latest national value of volunteer time is $25.43 per hour.
Using our current number of students and tutors along with our expenses for the last fiscal year, Project Literacy has calculated the value of our adult education volunteer work in the Greater Bergen County, New Jersey area is
$283,646 for 11,154 hours of instruction.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!
Facts You May Not Have Known About Literacy
There is a clear correlation between adult illiteracy and crime. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report (2003), 75% of America’s state prison inmates, almost 59% of federal inmates, and 69% of jail inmates did not complete high school.
More than 65% of all state and federal corrections inmates can be classified as low literate.
Low health literacy costs between $106 billion and $236 billion each year in the U.S.
Seventy-seven million Americans have only a 2-in-3 chance of correctly reading an over-the-counter drug label or understanding their child’s vaccination chart.
Low literacy’s effects cost the U.S. $225 billion or more each year in non-productivity in the workforce, crime and loss of tax revenue due to unemployment.
More than 150,000 people in Bergen County alone cannot read beyond the fourth grade level.
Get Help
...for yourself, a family member or friend
Tutor Training
Upcoming Classes:
Our next Volunteer Tutor Training is scheduled on September 26, October 3, 10, 17, and 24. Our training sessions will be from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm.
There will be a follow-up training session on November 14 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm.
The training sessions will be combined workshops for prospective tutors of adult basic literacy skills and English as a Second Language (ESL).
All trainings take place at Bergen Community College Ciarco Learning Center at 355 Main St. in Hackensack, NJ 07601.
There is free parking behind the building. If you are interested, please confirm your attendance with me by September 20, 2019, either by email or phone.
We ask that you plan to arrive 15 minutes early on the first evening in order to complete the inevitable paperwork. Please bring a current resume or CV with you. There is a $20.00 fee for the training materials you will be given at the first class.
Feel free to bring something to eat or drink.
I look forward to meeting all of you.
For more information, please email Antonio Brugnoli or call 201-301-9664.
