This is a brochure I made to advertise Literacy Volunteers services for the community and for potential tutors and volunteers. Our director was so impressed with the design that she sent them to be professionally printed!

1. You can make a difference.
Did you know…?
Literacy Volunteers of Upshur County
Please consider donating the gift of your time by
...that in Upshur County, 19% of adults, or about becoming a volunteer reading or math tutor. By
one out of every five, read below a fourth grade helping another adult learn to read, you open a
whole new chapter in their lives—and perhaps
level?
your own as well.
We hold various fundraisers throughout the year,
the most famous being our book sales. Literacy
Volunteers of Upshur County is a 501(c)3 non-
profit organization, and exists solely because of
...that three out of four food stamp recipients grants, our fundraisers and generous community
read at the lowest national literacy levels, and support. If you would like to help out, or if you
that 43% of low level readers live in poverty? would like to donate books, services, or even
money, your support is greatly appreciated.
...that conservative estimates say that low
The mission of Literacy Volunteers of Upshur
literacy costs $73 million per year in terms of
County is to foster and promote literacy and life
direct health costs? skills among adults in Upshur County, WV who
...that low literacy is strongly linked to crime? have low level reading and math skills. Tutoring is
done on a one-on-one basis , is completely free of
70% of U.S. prisoners are in the lowest levels of
charge, and is strictly confidential.
literacy.
Please contact us for more information. Office
Reading is absolutely essential to function hours are 8:30am-4:00pm Monday—Friday.
well in today’s world. And yet one-fifth of
Upshur County adults have difficulty with 34 Franklin Street
Literacy Volunteers
of Upshur County
Buckhannon, WV 26201
this basic skill.
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Fewer than 10% of adults who could benefit http://lvaupco.webs.com
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served. If someone in your life struggles with
literacy, please encourage them to contact us. Like us on Facebook or It’s never too late.
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It’s never too late to start reading. (@LVAUPCO)

2. Imagine...
-Not being able to write out a grocery list.
-Not being able to open a bank account.
-Not being able to read street signs or flyers.
-Not being able to read the menu at a
restaurant.
-Not being able to read the newspaper—not the
headlines, and not the classifieds.
-Not being able to read and use a computer
keyboard, much less the Internet.
-Not being able to sign permission slips for your
children’s field trips, or read them a bedtime
story.
-Not being able to fill out a job application or
write a resume.
-Not being able to add up your bills, or read
when the due date on them is.
-Not being able to read medicine labels,
warning signs or a voting ballot.
-Not being able to read a letter from a friend, a
family recipe, or a good book.
-Not being able to conduct your own business.
These are only a few of the many
challenges faced by adults who
struggle with reading or basic math.