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Do you want to learn to read?
Or help others learn to read?

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Listen to this short interview with our former Executive Director, Lisa Vernon, as she explains what our Literacy Council does and how you can use its services or volunteer:

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Reading Changes Lives

About 70,000 adults in Anne Arundel County lack the literacy skills needed to obtain a GED. The AACLC — Anne Arundel County Literacy Council— is transforming lives through free, convenient, individualized literacy and ESL instruction for adults and out-of-school youth.

Reading enlarges your world

Reading is light

Readers become leaders

Reading is traveling

Reading makes you smarter

Reading gives you choices

Reading is discovery

Reading takes you places

Reading is freedom

Reading is the great escape

Reading is exploration

Reading is a bridge

Reading connects us

Reading is learning

Reading is rebirth

Free literacy and ESL instruction for all adults and out-of-school youth in Anne Arundel County.

Convenient meeting times and locations for both student and tutor

Individualized instruction from a trained tutor based on the student’s personal reading level, goals, and interests.

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WE’RE A TOP-RATED NONPROFIT
for the tenth consecutive year!

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We have been honored with one of the first Top-Rated Awards of 2021 from GreatNonprofits! We appreciate all of your reviews! Click HERE to see our 167+ reviews or leave your own review. The GreatNonprofits Top-Rated Awards Is the “Only People’s Choice Award” in the Nonprofit Sector.

We’ve also been awarded the 2021 GuideStar Platinum Participation Seal, demonstrating our commitment to transparency. We were one of only a few nonprofits in Anne Arundel County—out of about 600 total nonprofits—who have reached Platinum. This is the highest level of transparency.     

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