One Adult at A Time: Changing Lives

Yesterday I told you about the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Culinary Literacy Program. Literacy in any form is a passion. I fondly remember the hours I spent roaming the stacks of libraries, discovering Alice Hoffman, J California Cooper, and other authors.

Perhaps you too know the feeling of losing yourself in a good book, claiming that you will read one more page and finding it is hours pass your bedtime and you have reached the last sentence.

How about sharing this love with others?

The Delaware County Literacy Council is offering free 12 hour trainings to become a volunteer literacy tutor. Giving the gift of literacy is not only a help for the person you tutor, but also a gift for yourself. As a tutor, you are given an opportunity to witness a person making a huge step in changing their life.

For each training, attendance at all sessions and pre-registration are required. For more information, visit our volunteer information page or call Patrick at 610.876.4811.

The training schedule is as follows:

January 2017 ABE Tutor Training
Tuesdays/Thursdays, January 17, 19, 24, and 26, 2017
6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
with a follow-up session Tuesday, February 21, 2017
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
All sessions at Delaware County Literacy Council
2217 Providence Avenue, Chester PA 19013

January 2017 ESL Tutor Training
Saturdays, January 14 and 21, 2017
9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
with a follow-up session Monday, February 13, 2017
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
All sessions at Delaware County Literacy Council
2217 Providence Avenue, Chester PA 19013

Future Tutor Trainings

April 2017 ABE Tutor Training
Saturdays, April 22 and 29, 2017
9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
with a follow-up session Wednesday, May 24, 2017
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
All sessions at Delaware County Literacy Council
2217 Providence Avenue, Chester PA 19013

April 2017 ESL Tutor Training
Saturday, April 22, 2017
9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
and Monday/Wednesday, April 24 and 26, 2017
6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
with a follow-up session Thursday, May 25, 2017
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
All sessions at Delaware County Literacy Council
2217 Providence Avenue, Chester PA 19013

June 2017 ABE Tutor Training
Tuesdays/Thursdays, June 20, 22, 27, and 29, 2017
6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
with a follow-up session Tuesday, July 25, 2017
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
All sessions at Delaware County Literacy Council
2217 Providence Avenue, Chester PA 19013

June 2017 ESL Tutor Training
Saturdays, June 17 and 24, 2017
9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
with a follow-up session Thursday, July 20, 2017
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
All sessions at Delaware County Literacy Council
2217 Providence Avenue, Chester PA 19013

September 2017 ABE Tutor Training
Saturdays, September 16 and 23, 2017
9:00 am–2:30 pm
with a follow-up session Wednesday, October 18, 2017
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 pm
All sessions at Delaware County Literacy Council
2217 Providence Avenue, Chester PA 19013

September 2017 ESL Tutor Training
Saturday, September 9, 2017
9:00 am–2:30 pm
and Monday/Wednesday, September 11 and 13, 2017
6:30–9:00 pm
with a follow-up session Wednesday, October 11, 2017
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 pm
All sessions at Delaware County Literacy Council
2217 Providence Avenue, Chester PA 19013

November 2017 ABE Tutor Training
Tuesdays/Thursdays, November 7, 9, 14, and 16, 2017
6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
with a follow-up session Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

November 2017 ESL Tutor Training
Saturdays, November 4 and 11, 2017
9:00 am to 2:30 pm
with a follow-up session Thursday, December 7, 2017
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm