The Affordable Care Act extended insurance to most Americans. The Tea Party and Occupy movements signaled political shifts in the U.S. Osama bin Laden was…
“If they made me pay to do tutoring,” says tutor Phil Locke, “I would pay—gladly.” Phil really means that; he puts in as many as 300…
“Why not go somewhere and learn something new?” might be Christine Chou’s slogan. The owner of several Chinese restaurants over the years, she has many interests including international travel,…
If you’re driving around the Greater Bangor area, you may see a car with a sign on the door: “Ask me about Literacy Volunteers.” Steve Scalese is our informal ambassador-at-large and…
In 2002, Literacy Volunteers of America merged with Laubach Literacy International to become ProLiteracy Worldwide. Local chapters became more autonomous. Our name changed to Literacy Volunteers of Bangor instead of…
The September 2001 attack on the World Trade Center began the new era of the “War on Terrorism.” Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. “Big…
Under one name or another, there have been book clubs and student conversation groups since at least the 1980s. “New Beginnings” and “SOAR—Students of Adult Reading”–flourished in the 1980s…
Mary Hunter began working with a tutor in the 1990s and is still part of one of our book clubs. In 2016, when she was…
“She was like a sponge, spending most of her day studying. I had a difficult time keeping up with her.” That’s tutor Judy Rudman, talking about Lai Lam.…
“I made sure I was the one who talked with people who came for help,” says Barbara Kates. “Almost always they came because their life was in…