food and fun Seeking all Volunteers
Are you a High School student in need of volunteer hours? Are you retired and need a place to feel needed? Are you someone with a good heart and an hour to spare? The Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill in Smyrna needs your help! We have 150+ residents who are in need of: one on ones help with writing letters someone to visit someone to push their wheelchairs around our campus There are many of opportunities for anyone to share an hour or two a week or each month. We are in the process of doing some fun things at DHCI and would love to have some extra help. Contact Carmen Santiago at 302-223-1433 for more information or to signup to help. Ignite the Heart, Inspire the Mind, Illuminate the Spirit!
Lifelong Earners MUST BE Lifelong Learners In Delaware today – • 7% of the workforce is unemployed. Many of these people have had good jobs for years and now have been involuntarily dislocated by layoffs or job closings. • 68,000 adults ages 18 to 64 (13% of the adult population) do not have a high school diploma or GED. Over half of these adults have literacy skills at less than 9th grade level. Many of these citizens have never been able to qualify for steady longterm employment. They must depend on the public and private support programs.
Is there help? YES! Delaware adult education has programs specifically for adults from non-reader to adult high school graduation. Programs include the James H. Groves Adult High School, adult prehigh school education, one-to-one basic literacy tutoring, English as a Second Language, and
Family Literacy working with limited literate adults and their young children together. Programs are available across the state in all three counties.
• Join the Delaware Coalition for Literacy, Inc. Businesses, Individuals, Organizations, Public and Private Agencies Working Together for Literacy.
Does adult education really work?
• Contact friends, neighbors, co-workers, business and community leaders, public officials and policy makers as well as potential adult students and share your thoughts about adult education.
Again, YES! Graduates and current students alike tell of significant changes in their lives as a result of their adult education experiences. Many new students enroll on the recommendation of former students. They want to transform their lives from being on support rolls to becoming productive workers, family members, and citizens who are on the tax rolls and help in their communities.
What is needed? More public and private volunteer and financial support is needed to serve increasing numbers of enrollees. This means more money to publicize services and to run programs in existing and new locations to give students access to nearby services. It means more volunteers to train for and do one-to-one tutoring. It means reducing present waiting lists. It means reaching out in more ways to more people who can benefit from enrolling in adult education.
How do I become involved? • Go online to www.decoalitionforliteracy.com or call Syd at 302-366-8771.
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Contact Delaware Coalition for Literacy
Syd Goldberg, Executive Director P. O. Box 716, Newark, DE 19715 Phone 302-366-8771 (Newark) FAX 302-366-1029 e-mail: sydgoldberg@decoalitionforliteracy.com