What New Year’s resolutions are you setting this year? One of the top 10 most common New Year’s resolutions is to read more. Although we may start out strong with the goals we have set for ourselves, life inevitably becomes …
Literacy Council Gulf Coast January Newsletter Happy New Year! It’s a New Year and that means a fresh start. 2020 brought new challenges, and 2021 will too, but this last year has taught us that together we can work through …
Literacy is often put on hold over the holidays. This holiday season, the Literacy Council Gulf Coast would like to encourage you to make giving the gift of literacy a priority. Whether you are giving the gift of literacy yourself, …
Literacy Council Gulf Coast (LCGC) has been improving the English language and reading skills of adults and children for over 30 years. Usually, students have limited ability to communicate, causing them to avoid getting involved in their community and pursuing …
Literacy skills not only help individuals in their everyday life, but it can strengthen communities as well. The biggest way literacy skills affect communities is through the economy. Individuals with lower literacy skills can have trouble finding employment because most …
Literacy skills have always been important, but they are absolutely necessary in this quickly changing world. Research and data have shown that the COVID-19 information being released to the public is not in a format and language that is fit …
Literacy Council Gulf Coast (LCGC) has been improving the English language and reading skills of adults and children for over 30 years. Usually, students have limited ability to communicate, causing them to avoid getting involved in their community and pursuing …
June 8, 2020 Re-Opening Update The Literacy Council Gulf Coast officially re-opened on May 4th. We are rebuilding our program to offer more options for learning, including virtual classes. While we are not operating at 100% yet, we hope to …
April 29, 2020 Re-Opening Update We want everyone who visits our building to feel safe – both volunteers and students. While each day there are changes in discussion at the Federal, state, and local levels as to the reopening of …
Bob Shea is one of our dynamic tutors here at Literacy Council Gulf Coast. He teaches our Monday Conversation Class from 12:00pm -1:00pm and has been volunteering with us for over four years. In the past he has taught and …