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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:

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.

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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