Valencia County Literacy Council
With Literacy and Justice for All

280 La Entrada Los Lunas, NM 87031 (505) 925-8926 Fax (505) 925-8924

Events:
Board of Directors Meeting, Dec. 1, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., at MyBank in Belen. For more info. call Jill at 925-8926.

Tutor Potluck, Dec. 13, 11:00 - 2:00 at UNM-Valencia, Room 101C.

New Tutor Training, Jan. 21 and 28th. Call Bob Bishop for more info. at 925-8935.

Valencia County Literacy Council

280 La Entrada
Los Lunas, NM 87031
(505) 925-8926
joglesby@valencialiteracy.org

Volunteer Tutoring:
Call Bob Bishop at
(505) 925-8935
bbishop@valencialiteracy.org

BOOK Readers:
Call Irene Gogal at
(505) 999-9877
igogal@valencialiteracy.org

Mission Statement

VCLC’s mission is to enable adults to achieve personal goals and very young children to achieve pre-literacy skills through literacy services provided to families free of charge.

Vision Statement

We envision a Valencia County in which all residents have the Literacy skills they need to achieve their own dreams and to enhance the quality of their lives.

Core Values

We serve residents of Valencia County with low literacy and/or limited English-language skills.

We are committed to the use of volunteers to provide instruction.

We value quality instruction that is centered on Learners’ Own Goals.

We support the Adult Learner in all his/her capacities as a Community Member, Family Member, and Worker.

We support Adult Learner Leadership.

We believe that the ability to read is critical to personal freedom and the maintenance of a democratic society.

We believe that as our culture becomes more complex and dependent on technology, Literacy becomes ever more basic to survival and the achievement of one’s potential.

We work to encourage and assist other organizations and individuals who are committed to a literate society.

Volunteer Tutoring

BOOK Readers

Imagine coming to America with high hopes for a bright future and not being able to read or write English in order to get a job. Imagine not having the reading skills needed to pass the GED test so you could go to college and make a better life for your family. Or, what if your parents never read to you at home, so you don’t realize how important it is to read to your children?

Thanks to the many volunteers of the Valencia County Literacy Council (VCLC), dreams can come true. Without these generous people, Valencia County would be a very unhappy place for some of us. VCLC’s volunteers give their time, patience, and knowledge to help their community and its members.

For over 20 years, VCLC’s volunteers have been tutoring Valencia County residents in Basic Literacy (Reading), English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Citizenship, Basic Math, and pre-GED. VCLC also recruits Volunteer BOOK Readers to read to children in local low-income medical clinics.

Volunteer Tutoring

BOOK Readers

Just since 2000, VCLC has

· Served over 1,300 people with Volunteer Tutoring services,

· Served over 2,300 adults and children with Family Literacy services, and

· Given out over 10,000 books to needy families and read for over 750 hours to over 1,600 children.