Literacy Lines, June 2015
Donate1Make your first donation today.
As a learner or tutor at LVWCC, you can change your own life and help others do the same. A gift of $25, $50, $75, or $100 makes a difference. It will:
  • train a tutor
  • buy a set of consumable workbooks
  • make our website better for tutor recruitment
  • help us offer new online courses to learners and tutors
All of these resources equip us to reach adults who want a better life.

We have raised 91% of our total goal for this year, and we have 3 weeks to do the rest. We can only do it with your help. Donate online today, or donate by check to: LVWCC, PO Box 4502, Oak Park, IL 60304.
Individuals
Anonymous $500
Jolinda Cappello $130
Esther Chase $400
Lynn Chindlund $25
Mary Christianson $50
Nancy Cohen $100
Katie Frankle $50
Ira & Marie Goodkin $100
Greg Gordon $100
John Gross $100
Erik & Paula Krueger $300
Mario K. Medina $250
Sheila McDonnell $100
Susan Sitter $50
Mari Smith $25
Benjamin Smogolski $25
Kathleen Stewart $50
Ed Swift $150
Cristen Vincent $50
Jeriann Walsh $100
Barbara Watkins $100
Bill Weiland $100

Businesses
Amazon Smile $28
Arden Realty, Sara Connelly $599
McDonald's Corporation $250
US Bank $195

Memorials
In Memory of Edna McQuillan
7 Guys Administrative Services $75

In Memory of Mina Riddle
Joyce Riddle $100

In Memory of Betty Gilchrist
Carolyn Ketcham & Peter Warshaw $20
Tributes
In Honor of Mary Streit's Literacy Service:
Rob Streit $100

In Honor of Mario K. Medina's Birthday:
Monica Lerma $50
Jimena Villavicencio $40

Government
Illinois State Library $34,503

Foundations
Donley Foundation $8,000
OPRF Community Foundation $5,000
Illinois Press Foundation, $200

In-kind Labor
Esther Chase $20,800

As of 4/2/15, we have raised 42%
of our goal for individual donations. 

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Success StoriesSuccess
Click on each learner's name to read their story.
Anna Pu Zhao
Forest Park
ESL Graduate
Conversation Café
With LVWCC: 2.5 years
Jinbao Huang
Forest Park
ESL Graduate
Conversation Café
With LVWCC: 2.5 years
ESL Graduate
Tutor: Andy Byrne
With LVWCC: 2 years
ESL Graduate
Tutor: Susan Sitter
With LVWCC: 3 years
Tutor of the Month: Gary WhitneyTutor

Gary Whitney has tutored with LVWCC for 13 years. For the last 8, he's been meeting with adult learner Ludek Smejkal. We are proud to honor Gary as June 2015 Tutor of the Month.

 

"My father had been a Literacy Volunteer in Arkansas, and I was impressed with his dedication to helping adults learn to read. Reading has always been an important part of my life, so when I had a chance, I took the Literacy Volunteers training in 2002. I ended up as an ESL tutor, and don't regret it for a minute... Read More
Spotlight on Service Award goes to Ira GoodkinSpotlight

Literacy Volunteers of Western Cook County is pleased to congratulate Ira Goodkin, an LVWCC tutor who has won a 2015 Illinois State Library Spotlight on Service award.

 

The winners were honored at a ceremony in Springfield. Ten volunteer tutors throughout the state received the Spotlight on Service award.

 

James Lewis, Ira Goodkin's learner, has this to say... Read More
New Phonics 101 GroupPhonics

We are excited to announce our new Reading Horizons phonics group. It's called Phonics 101. It has already begun.

 

In parternship with the Forest Park Library and Diane Collins, LVWCC will be providing weekly low-level reading help to qualifying adult learners. The group will offer a combination of direct phonics instruction and self-paced online instruction. 

 

Adult learners will need basic computer skills to join. Volunteer tutor, Vivienne Lund, will be leading the group... Read More
Literacy Volunteers of Western Cook County (LVWCC)
Mailing Address: PO Box 4502, Oak Park, IL 60304 
Office Location: 1010 W. Lake St. Suite 603b, Oak Park, IL 60301 
P 708.848.8499 ˇ F 708.848.9564 ˇ www.lvwcc.org ˇ info@lvwcc.org