Be A Volunteer

• Contribute your time and talent as a volunteer tutor with a local literacy program
• Serve on the board of a literacy organization
• If you are an employer, encourage your employees to volunteer or give release time for volunteer training
• Let literacy organizations use your workplace to train tutors and teach students
• Call 315-342-8839 for volunteer opportunities

Become A Donor

• Make financial gifts or donate gifts-in-kind (books, supplies, materials, services, etc.) to support a literacy organization or program
• Not sure which organization or program to support? You can make a tax-deductible gift to the Literacy Coalition of Oswego County and support a wide range of literacy providers in our community

Be An Advocate

• Be a lifelong learner
• Encourage others to be lifelong learners
• Read with the children in your family
• Let politicians and community leaders know what you think about literacy
• Do a "literacy audit" to identify and address the barriers that your organization or workplace may present to people with low literacy skills
• Invite speakers from literacy groups to speak at your service club or other membership organization
• Support family-friendly policies for education
• Publish stories about lifelong learning or literacy success stories in your newsletters
• Create discussion about literacy among your peers and friends
• Use plain language in your written and spoken communications
• Encourage awareness and sensitivity toward less literate people

Give Your Gift!

Make checks payable to: Weston T. Hyde Educational Foundation
c/o Literacy Coalition of Oswego County
PO Box 3124
Oswego, NY 13126

Questions about the Literacy Coalition of Oswego County?
E-Mail: Mike Egan, Literacy Coalition of Oswego County