Literacy Outreach for Madison County NY

10/20/2026

📣 **CANASTOTA & CHITTENANGO: VOLUNTEER TUTORS NEEDED!**

📚 We have adult learners working toward their GED, and **we need more volunteer tutors in your communities!**

Could you give just **2 hours a week** to help someone reach an important educational goal?

💚 **Here's what you need to know:**

✅ No teaching experience necessary
✅ Free training, materials, and ongoing support
✅ Work one-on-one with an adult learner
✅ Meet at a local library
✅ Must be 18+ with a high school diploma or GED

Your patience, encouragement, and willingness to help could make a lasting difference in someone's life.

**Ready to help?**

📝 Complete our online Volunteer Tutor Application:
👉 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdnxhKzylgzQnacs8vI_-Abd98c6pJXyWypvmUkOG9WXBIkkg/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=108417623968194302954
Questions? Contact Tara Truett:

📞 Call or text: 315-345-1468
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.lomadisonny.org

💙💚 **Canastota and Chittenango, let's help our neighbors succeed!**

Please share! You might help us connect with our next great volunteer tutor.

10/19/2026

📚 Make a Difference. Become a Volunteer Tutor!

Literacy Outreach for Madison County (LOMCNY) is looking for volunteers to help adult learners prepare for their GED!

You don't need to be a teacher to make a difference. Sometimes, all it takes is patience, encouragement, and a willingness to help someone succeed.

💚 What you need to know:

✅ No teaching experience required
✅ Free training and ongoing support provided
✅ Just 2 hours a week at a local library
✅ Must be 18+ with a high school diploma or GED

You'll work one-on-one with an adult learner, helping them build skills, confidence, and new opportunities for their future.

Interested in volunteering?

📝 Complete our online Volunteer Tutor Application here:
👉 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdnxhKzylgzQnacs8vI_-Abd98c6pJXyWypvmUkOG9WXBIkkg/viewform?usp=publish-editor
Have questions? We're happy to help!

📞 Call or text Tara Truett: 315-345-1468
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.lomadisonny.org

💙 Help us change lives, one learner at a time!

Please share this opportunity with someone who might make a great tutor!

10/15/2026

Strengthening adult literacy helps the education outcomes of children.
A mother’s reading skill is the biggest influence on her child’s future academic success, even more than family income and the neighborhood in which the child is raised.
Efforts to help children succeed academically need a strong foundation for literacy at home. While we look to children for the future, we need to also look towards the adults of today to ensure a multi-faceted approach to positive academic outcomes.

(Source: National Institutes of Health, 2010)

10/13/2026

Give yourself the gift of a high school equivalency diploma for the upcoming holidays. Let Literacy Outreach of Madison County NY help you obtain your diploma!

1:1 tutoring at your local library in Madison County, NY

Get started today. You know that cold and snow are coming, so you might as well grab a hot coffee or cocoa and hunker down to study!

All books are provided. You work at your own pace with a schedule that fits your life. ZERO cost for anyone 18+. It's time to give yourself a gift. Get in touch today. Call or text 315-345-1468; [email protected].

It is never too late; well almost never 🙄 Stop putting it off!

09/30/2026

Want to make storytime more engaging? Check out these tips for reading aloud to your child!

09/22/2026

Are you interested in getting your GED? Regents exams that you have passed while in high school count towards your GED! No Regents, don't fret; with some work and tutoring you will get there.

If you are 18+, please get in touch. We will set you up with a tutor for 1:1 lessons at your local library within Madison County, NY.

09/17/2026

Give Like Dolly Day is coming September 25! Dolly Parton believed in giving back and helping children dream bigger—and this year, we’re celebrating that spirit right here in Madison County through Give Like Dolly Day. On September 25, we’re inviting our community to join us in giving back to children by supporting Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of . Your support helps make it possible for children in your community to receive a free, high-quality book every month from birth to age 5.

09/16/2026

Watch this amazing story about Besse's journey to getting her GED! You can do it, too. Get a hold of us at [email protected] or call 315-345-1468

After the end of her marriage, Besse and her children struggled. Th...

09/10/2026

Here's some help with consonant sounds in English!

Did you know that English has 24 consonant sounds, even though the alphabet has only 21 consonant letters? That’s because some consonant sounds are made by combining two letters, such as sh, ch, and th. To make things even more challenging, the same letters can make different sounds. For example, ...

09/08/2026

"Literacy is a fundamental human right for all. It opens the door to the enjoyment of other human rights, greater freedoms, and global citizenship." On this 60th International Literacy Day, we are grateful for all who help us forward the cause of adult literacy in Madison County! Our doors are open to assist adults in furthering their literacy goals and to folks interested in volunteering with us. Contact us at (315)-345-1468 or [email protected] to get started!

For 60 years, one idea has remained at the heart of : everyone has the right to read, write, learn and participate fully in society.

Yet today, 739 million young people and adults still lack basic literacy skills.

UNESCO works with countries and communities to change this: strengthening literacy policies and programmes, building capacities, promoting lifelong learning and supporting partnerships that expand learning opportunities for all.

Through initiatives such as the Global Alliance for Literacy and the UNESCO International Literacy Prizes, we also help spotlight effective solutions and encourage action around the world.

Because literacy is more than learning to read and write. It opens doors to knowledge, opportunity and human rights, and helps build more peaceful and sustainable societies.

60 years on, the goal remains unchanged: literacy for all.

https://www.unesco.org/en/days/literacy