Manatee Literacy Council's mission is to empower people to independence through literacy skills. Please consider volunteering to change another adult's life!
Our primary goal is to meet the critical need for a more literate community by helping Manatee County adults with limited literacy skills learn to read, write, understand, and speak English well enough to meet the demands of daily life, to improve their potential for meaningful employment, and to enhance the quality of life for themselves and their families. We serve as an advocate for the need to
05/25/2026
Highly recommend this free performance! It was so insightful and informative when we saw it last year!
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05/21/2026
Our offices are closed for Memorial Day. As we gather with family and friends, we pause in gratitude for those who made those moments possible.
05/21/2026
Thank you to for our 2026 adult literacy grant! Funding received will support the salary of our amazing Program Coordinator, Joane! We are incredibly grateful to Dollar General for their continued support of our mission!
05/05/2026
We’re excited to share that the Manatee Literacy Council has been awarded a $21,718 grant from the Manatee Matches Giving Circle of the Manatee Community Foundation!
This funding will help us:
📚 Sustain free in-person English classes at local libraries
💻 Expand access to the Ellii learning platform
🚗 Launch our new English for Driving program
🤝 Strengthen our long-term impact in the community
One of our learners recently shared:
💬 “Because of these classes, I got a better job and feel braver!”
That’s the power of literacy.
But the work isn’t done—this is a matching grant, and we need community support to unlock its full impact by December 31.
With 68,000 adults in Manatee County struggling with low literacy, your support helps open doors to jobs, confidence, and opportunity. Read more here: https://manatee-literacy.org/news/adult-literacy-programs-manatee-county-grant/
05/01/2026
Stop by and see Roger tomorrow at the Bradenton Public Market!
05/01/2026
Big news! 🎉
We’ve received a $6,500 grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to strengthen our future and expand workforce literacy efforts.
Read more about it here: https://manatee-literacy.org/news/adult-literacy-grant-manatee-workforce/
Stronger skills. Stronger workforce. Stronger community.
05/01/2026
The Manatee Literacy Council has been selected as a ProLiteracy National Book Fund award recipient—one of just 39 programs across the U.S. and Canada. This grant will provide new instructional materials to strengthen our adult literacy and ESL programs, helping more learners build the skills they need for work, family, and everyday life. Read more here: https://manatee-literacy.org/news/proliteracy-national-book-fund-award-manatee-literacy/
THANK YOU to everyone who donated, shared, volunteer, and supported MLC this !! ❤️📚
04/16/2026
Thank you to EVERYONE who participated in the ! We'll have the final numbers eventually, but we feel confident that we can bring Joane BACK!
04/16/2026
We are SO CLOSE to our goal for the ! Won't you to help us bring Joane back full-time?
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