LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY INC
EIN 04-3244191 · Student Services (B80)
What they do
BUILDING COMMUNITY. TRANSFORMING LIVES. SINCE 1980. for 45 YEARS, LITERACY VOLUNTEERS of BERKSHIRE COUNTY (LVBC) HAVE BEEN A BEACON of HOPE and OPPORTUNITY PROVIDING FREE, INDIVIDUAL ENGLISH LITERACY INSTRUCTION to ADULTS SEEKING to IMPROVE THEIR LIVES THROUGH LANGUAGE. FROM OUR HOME IN THE BERKSHIRE ATHENAEUM, WE PROUDLY SERVE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY of LEARNERS THROUGH ESOL (ENGLISH for SPEAKERS of OTHER LANGUAGES)AND ABE (ADULT BASIC EDUCATION)PROGRAMMING. WE ARE PROUD AFFILIATES of LITERACY VOLUNTEERS of MASSACHUSETTS, WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH 11 OTHER SITES ACROSS THE STATE. AT THE HEART of OUR MISSION is A DEDICATED NETWORK of VOLUNTEER TUTORS. WE RECRUIT, TRAIN, and SUPPORT THESE COMPASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK ONE-ON-ONE WITH STUDENTS EMPOWERING THEM to SUCCEED AT WORK, NAVIGATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, PARTICIPATE IN THEIR CHILDRENS EDUCATION, and CONTRIBUTE MORE FULLY to THEIR COMMUNITY. IN JUST THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE DOUBLED THE NUMER of ACTIVE STUDENT-TUTOR PAIRS. DURING FY
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2002
- Location
- 1 WENDELL AVE, PITTSFIELD, MA 01201-6305
- County
- Berkshire
- In care of
- % DENISE ROSZKOWSKI