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.
Literatini: Straight Up Fun for a Good Cause!
Hilton Worldwide and Literacy Mid-South present
Literatini
Thursday, June 21st
6:00pm-9:00pm
The Booksellers at Laurelwood
387 Perkins Extended
Memphis, TN 38117
Tickets:
$35/person
$50/couple
Tickets available online here
Or at the Booksellers at Laurelwood
Straight Up Fun for a Good Cause!
Come take in live music as you sample martinis and delicious food. 20% of all sales at Booksellers the night of the event go to better the lives of Memphians who struggle with illiteracy.
Additional support provided by Booksellers at Laurelwood and Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Upcoming Events
Adult 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.
Literacy Summit
Join nonprofit and government agencies, community advocates, and volunteers to network, develop new skills and share promising practices. Sessions are designed to provide you with new ideas and hands-on strategies that you can put to work for your program and students. Sessions promise to be interactive and are sure to help expand your knowledge on a variety of topics.
Literacy Mid-South's Smart Memphis Coalition presents the
2012 Literacy Summit
9:00am-12:00pm
at the Community Foundation of Memphis
For registration information, click here.
Additional questions? Contact Marilyn Rabinowitz here(mrabinowitz [at] literacymidsouth [dot] org).
Breakfast and Networking
8:45am-9:00am
Welcome and Introductions
9:00am-9:15am
Kevin Dean, Literacy Mid-South
Suzanne Horne, Tennessee Literacy Coalition
Funder’s Forum
9:15-10:15am
Marilyn Hughes, Hilton Worldwide – “Engaging Corporate Volunteers in Literacy Activities”
Bob Wallace, Plough Foundation – “Strategic Planning and Budgeting for Literacy Organizations Before an Ask”
Ashley Harper, Community Foundation for a Greater Memphis – “Understanding a Site Visit”
Break
10:15am-10:20am
Collaborations Workshop
10:20am-11:20am
Ernestine Smith, Assisi Foundation
Bridget Ciaramitaro, Ciaramitaro and Associates
Online Advocacy for Literacy Organizations
11:20am-11:50am
Jeff Rhodin, Tennessee Literacy Coalition
Lunch and Break
11:50am-Noon
Lunch and Learn: Comcast's Digital Literacy Initiative
12:00pm-12:30pm
Otha Brandon, Comcast
Lunch and Learn: AmeriCorps*VISTAs in Literacy Organizations
12:30am-1:00pm
Daniel Powell, Tennessee Literacy Coalition
