Volunteer group helps adults improve their reading skills

Volunteer group helps adults improve their reading skills

[...] the volunteer group is raising its sights, partnering with Delta Council's Adult Literacy Program to give private, oneonone tutoring to those who want to improve their reading skills.

Clay said he's grateful to former state Rep. Linda Whittington for making it all happen, saying she definitely "got the ball rolling."

Frank Howell, the council's director of public affairs and communications? and Margaret Cotton, project coordinator for the council's Adult Literacy Program.

"A lot of times, you have people in key positions — a key position at church or an organization, a business or whatever — and some of these people are really not reading at the level they should be reading at," Clay said.

The lack of adult literacy affects the home, said Clay, whose organization often works with children who have problems reading.

The adult literacy effort represents an important step for the group, he said.