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Students are Welcome!

Would you like to be a better reader? Would you like to use English better? Do you need to get a job, or a better job? To get your driver's license? To learn to fill out job applications? To prepare for GED classes? To learn how to use computers? To learn to write better?

You can become a Literacy Volunteers Student. It's free, it's easy, and Literacy Volunteers understands your needs and your situation. We are friendly, and we are private. All you have to do is come talk to us, or meet us somewhere where we can talk. We will ask questions about your studies in school, your life now, and what you will do when you can read, write, or use English better. We will help you find a friendly, trained Tutor who can work with you when you are free, in a place you can reach, to improve your reading, writing, or English. It may take some time, but we will find a tutor that is good for you.

What to do:

Call LV Wayne at 946-5333, visit LV Wayne at 165 Water Street in Lyons (just up the street from Social Services), or fill out the form below and press the "submit" button. We are friendly and completely private. We will not tell anyone your name, even if someone asks. Only your tutor will know who you are. Even if you want us to call you back, if you tell us, we will not say who we are.
Set up a meeting with an LV person. LV staff, Kirk or Roger, are very friendly, polite, and respectful. We have helped hundreds of people before, and know that it is not easy to improve reading skills. We like to help people, and believe when someone else learns, we learn too.
Complete the intake. To better help you, we will ask questions about your school, your life now, and why you want to improve your skills. If you have a special need, we will work hard to make sure your need is met. This information will be shared with your Tutor, so that he or she can help you better.
Meet with your Tutor. For most people, after two to four weeks, a Tutor will be found. Then, your tutor will call you to set up the first meeting. At the first meeting, you will both decide when and where you will meet, and what you want to study. After the first meeting, it is very important that you make all of your meetings with your tutor. If there is a problem, you must call your Tutor and let him or her know that you can't make the meeting. Your Tutor will be a volunteer, giving their time and knowledge freely because they want to help you. If you cannot make your meetings every week, then you may not be ready to improve your skills.

Other Things You Can Do

There are many other things you can do as an LV Student. If you qualify, you can work on committees or on the Board of Directors to help make Literacy Volunteers of Wayne County work better. You can go to workshops or conferences to learn how to be a Literacy Volunteers leader, and a leader in your own town or village. You can join the Student Club, and go on trips, picnics, or just talk with people who are also working hard to read better. You can talk to groups about Literacy Volunteers, or you can talk to local and state politicians. If you feel there is something you would like to do, you can tell the people who work for Literacy Volunteers. If it seems possible, they will try to help you do it. Look at the things Arthea has done in the information below.

Arthea Minnamon lives in Lyons. She has attended three Literacy Volunteers of America National Conferences, and worked for the Sundin Student Scholarship Committee, helping choose students to receive national scholarships to help them attend conferences. She served on the Steering Committee for LVA Ontario County, and is currently a Director of LV Wayne County. She also chairs the Public Relations Committee for LV Wayne. In 1995, she won an award as Wayne County Literacy Student of the Year. Recently, Arthea headed a Student Project which obtained funding from LV-New York State to send five students to Albany to learn about the NY State Political Process. All the students were introduced to the NYS Assembly, and met with Assemblyman Robert Oaks and Senator Michael Nozzolio to talk about their experiences.