Literacy Volunteers of Essex/Franklin Counties

Last Updated:February 19, 2004


Address

Post Office Box 595

Elizabethtown NY 12932
County: Essex

Contacts

  1. Chuck Gibson
    Director
Telephone: (518) 942-7607
Fax: (518) 942-7607
E-Mail: 


Hours of Operation

Office hours 9 A.M. - 4 P.M. Monday through Friday; answering machine available if office is not open

Services Provided

Tutoring service in basic reading skills for non-readers and beginning readers; tutoring for the General Equivalency Diploma in cooperation with the GRASP program; tutoring in English as a second language program (ESL).

We also have offices in Saranac Lake (891-5567), the Lake Placid Library (523-5994) and Malone (483-9366)

An Agency of the United Way of Clinton and Essex Counties, Inc.

Service Eligibility

Individuals willing to learn

Referral Procedure

Direct contact

Fee Schedule

None
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Volunteer Opportunities

Tutors are volunteers. Tutor training is held at various locations throughout Essex County with eighteen (18) hours of training required.

Additional Information

Homework assignments are designed within the students' capabilities. Tutoring in reading, writing, and arithmetic.

Literacy Volunteers of Essex County serves the entire Essex County geographic region. Outreach office located in Saranac Lake.

Categories

Category 1: Adult Education
Category 2: Volunteer Recruitment and Placement
Category 3: Literacy
Category 4: Pre-GED Tutoring