Sponsor a Graduate Fundraising Appeal
Help an adult learner in your community picture their future with increased literacy, a high-school diploma and a job certification!
Give today to help them picture their future!
The Literacy Alliance is raising funds from to sponsor the Picture Your Future Student Celebration on May 8th. Funds raised will go toward supporting adult learners who are on the cusp of increasing their literacy level or attaining their GED diploma. The support will help ensure they have the classes, tutoring, materials, and online learning for the next two months to ensure they have a “photo finish”!
The Opportunity
This is an important time for us to broaden the base of our support from our community. Increasing literacy and access to adult education benefits everyone. You can help ensure that the Literacy Alliance can continue to meet the demand right here in Northeast Florida.
Picture Your Future with Ours
By being a part of the Literacy Alliance with your donation today, you help us create the picture of our future.
The Literacy Alliance was founded in 1969 as Learn to Read Jacksonville and is today one of the largest and most innovative adult education focused non-profits in the state. We provide small group classes, one-on-one tutoring with trained volunteers, and self-paced online lessons that are customized to the goals, location, and schedule of adult learners and at no cost to low-income adults.
What does the Literacy Alliance offer:
- Basic literacy instruction
- High-school completion including GED & adult online high school
- State recognized job certifications in digital literacy and other fields
- Health literacy, financial literacy & family literacy
How Does
Your Funding Help?
Provide a month’s worth of essential learning materials, including textbooks, workbooks, online learning and assessments for an adult learner.
Fund a personalized tutoring session, connecting an adult learner with a qualified volunteer tutor for one-on-one instruction.
A group tutoring session in a neighborhood setting for five students, offering a collaborative learning environment and opportunities for peer support.
A job readiness workshop series for adult learners to attain a job certification in food safety or digital literacy.
A photo finish by covering the costs of the final class for an adult learner to complete their diploma and take the final GED exams in the four subjects of language arts, math, science and social studies.
Success Story
What happens when you help an adult learner picture their future? Here is Jessica’s story.
Jessica was incarcerated in 2023 leaving the single mom separated from her teenage son and daughter and unable to be with her mom who was her champion no matter what was happening. She learned about the GED classes in the jail taught by the Literacy Alliance and decided this was her best chance at making a change.
Click here to read more of Jessica’s inspiring story!
Then donate today with the form below!
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