Remove the barriers in your life. At LMS, we exist to serve you and help you improve your literacy skills. Our programs reach learners on many different levels.
Help an adult student learn to read. Tutor a child. Help with special events. Host a book drive. There are so many different ways you can get involved at Literacy Mid-South.
If you or your organization is helping to create a Reading/Learning Community in the Mid-South or you need additional resources to make your program flourish, join us! We can help.
Be a Part of Tutor-A-Thon!
Did you know it costs $500 per year per student to teach our adult learners how to read and write? Each year, Literacy Mid-South serves more than 550 adults who desperately want to move forward in their lives. More than 150 volunteers serve every week at Literacy Mid-South to help our students overcome illiteracy.
In the United States alone, the most recent statistics show that 34 million adults are below what are considered levels of basic literacy. That means that these people cannot fill out a job application or read the label on a prescription. In Memphis, more than 120,000 people are considered functionally illiterate. That’s 1 in 7 Memphians. YOU CAN HELP!
Beginning February 1st, we need your help to sponsor an adult student in our Adult Learning Program or our Academy Tutoring Program. For two months, our volunteer teachers and tutors will be accepting your donations to sponsor them and their students. Your contribution could help someone get their driver's license, earn their citizenship, get their GED, or learn how to read to their children. How your contribution helps:
$25 - Provides one reading or math curriculum for a student
$50 - Provides classroom supplies for one semester to one classroom
$100 - Provides a classroom with supplies for one year
$250 - Provides Computer Lab instruction to 25 students for one semester.
$500 - Supports an adult student for one year at Literacy Mid-South with books, supplies, classes, computers, and more.
Help us raise needed funds for our programs by signing up for Tutor-A-Thon here.
Upcoming Events
Adult Learning Tutor Training
Want to Make a REAL Difference in Someone's Life? Teach Someone to Read
Literacy Mid-South has more than 75 adults on our waiting list who are willing and ready to learn but need a special person in their life to help them. They want better lives. They want to understand their personal finances better. They want their driver's license. They want to read to their children. They want to understand their world better, and they just need a chance.
YOU can help. There is no greater gift to give than helping a person succeed. Facilitate learning in the life of an adult who struggles with reading, writing, and math through Literacy Mid-South's Adult Learning Program. Volunteers are able to serve as facilitators to groups of adults or provide individual goal-centered tutoring to an adult learner. Volunteers attend a one-day training that provides the tools for moving adults forward.
Volunteers commit to six months at least once per week. Volunteer opportunities are available during the day or at night. Must be 18 years or older to participate.
Adult Learning Tutor Training is held at our offices.
902 S. Cooper Street
Memphis, TN 38104
If you are interested in being a Literacy Mid-South volunteer, please complete the Volunteer Form.
