National Volunteer Week is April 21-27, 2013 Literacy Outreach would like to thank all of their volunteers for all of their efforts. You change the world one word at a time! Thank you for all you do. Together we make the world more literate. National Volunteer Week is a time to celebrate people doing extraordinary [...]
Many people have donated time, money, and materials to make this project successful. Gifts of time are priceless. A huge thank you to the many other important donors who have made this project possible! Dan Becker with Becker Construction is donating all of his time for the renovations. Joey Sissom of IRBF, Inc. is donating his [...]
On Friday, January 18 we passed our first building inspection with the City of Glenwood Springs! Thanks Maria Claire Jacobi for engineering the project and Dan Becker for doing all of the “dirty work.” Literacy Outreach is relocating in late March to 1127 School Street in downtown Glenwood Springs. For the first time in our 26 year [...]
Literacy Outreach is relocating in late March to 1127 School Street in downtown Glenwood Springs. For the first time in our 26 year history, Literacy Outreach staff will enjoy windows and sunbeams in our office! The building was donated by a generous anonymous donor. Carolyn Prinster in memory of her late husband, Teo Prinster, has donated all of [...]
One of the multiple partners that have made the renovation of 1127 School Street possible is Claire Jacobi. Maria Claire Jacobi, a structural engineer with Glenwood Structural and Civil, Inc., has donated countless hours visiting buildings and creating plans. When things didn’t go exactly as planned, Claire redrew the plans! We could not have done [...]
Carolyn Prinster in memory of her late husband, Teo Prinster, has donated all of the funds to renovate the new building. Leo T. Prinster, affectionately known as “Teo,” is a past board member and board president of Literacy Outreach. Literacy Outreach is grateful to have this opportunity. Renovations of the new Literacy Outreach interior begin. [...]
Anonymous donor donates building to local nonprofit. An anonymous donor has gifted Literacy Outreach with a new building. Literacy Outreach will open its new building in downtown Glenwood Springs in March, 2013. When the organization moves to its new building at 1127 School Street, the nonprofit will be able to accommodate all of its [...]
More than seventy happy faces celebrated the many accomplishments of all of Literacy Outreach’s students and volunteers. A delighted Sandra Cano was selected student of the year using every opportunity to study English. She is a steady participant in Mom’s Circle at the Glenwood Library and she also meets weekly with her tutor. All [...]
August 12th, 2012 is International Youth Day. Encourage a child to read today.
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.” - Nelson Mandela July 30th, 2012 is World Friendship Day. Tutor an English language learner and make a new friend from a different part of [...]
