Meet the Literacy Volunteers Successes!
All of people pictured above came to Literacy Volunteers Of America for help learning to read and write English as their second language. Gina Braswell (left)proudly waves the day she became a United States Citizen. Maria Triani (second from left) has been our Middle Keys Coordinator through hurricanes and pandemics and Diane Cordoba (second from right) volunteers in Key West. Our Board President, Victor Slavov (right, with student Vlad) came to us a student and now volunteers as a tutor and a member of the Board of Directors. Several of our former students have taken the tutor training workshops and now volunteer, too!
LVA Board has dinner at Benihana’s after their Annual Meeting.
Board Members L-R: Dr. Bob Maykut, David Zamlich, Janie TitleBaum, A.J. Luciano, Executive Director Mary Casanova, Eileen Quinn, Shelly McInnis, Deb Bent and President Viktor Slavov. Not pictured: immediate Past President Peary Fowler. (We went dutch!)
The 2024 Benihana Celebrity Chef Fundraiser was the best year ever, raising $31,000! Thank you everyone at Benihana’s and all the Celebrity Chefs!!
We believe the ability to read, write and communicate in English
is critical to personal freedom.
Since 1984, Literacy Volunteers of America – Monroe County, Inc. has provided free, confidential, one-to-one and small group literacy instruction from a trained, certified volunteer tutor to Monroe County adults who read and write in English below a 5th grade level. Since our inception, we have assisted over 6,897 Monroe County residents obtain personal goals through increased literacy skills. Last fiscal year, 142 volunteer tutors worked on a one-to-one and small group basis with 224 students helping 219 or 97.76 % achieve personal goals including improving reading and writing skills for personal satisfaction…obtaining employment or better employment… receiving a promotion …obtaining a driver’s license… learning to communicate in English with one’s children’s teachers …opening a bank account…removing oneself from public assistance… obtaining U.S. citizenship and increasing confidence.
Located in The Florida Keys, LVA has three sites covering Upper, Middle and Lower Keys. Our main office is in Key West. There are LVA tutors and students everywhere in between, in Islamorada, Big Pine, Cudjoe Key and more.
Our Core Programs are Basic READ and English as a Second Language (ESL).
There’s no need speak another language to teach someone English or previous experience to teach Basic Read. If you can read and write and can spare two hours a week, you can be a tutor!
Are you looking for help improving your basic reading and writing skills or learning English as a second language? Please visit our student page.
Do you want to be a volunteer? Please visit our tutor/volunteer page.
And if you’d like to make a secure donation to support literacy in The Florida Keys, please visit our donation page.
You can contact us here by email or call us at 305-294-4352 or by snail mail at 2405 N. Roosevelt Blvd., Key West, FL 33040
Literacy Volunteers of America - Monroe County, Inc. 