"These contributions will go far toward training new tutors and providing teaching materials, as well as helping LEARN to keep abreast of health-related issues in our area, and to network with other community organizations," said Liz Williams, the nonprofit literacy organization's new program coordinator.
Verizon Reads gave LEARN a $5,070 grant to purchase laptop computers and Rosetta Stone American English software programs for use by LEARN's English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) learners and tutors.
LEARN also received a a collaborative $5,000 United Way grant enabling LEARN, the Waynesboro Area Learning Tree (WALT), and Casa de Amistad to participate in a "Linking Literacy and Technology for Change" project.
United Way also awarded $3,000 plus $1,109 in designations to LEARN, while the Augusta Health Foundation has contributed $1,000.
http://www.newsleader.com/article/20120711/NEWS01/120711006
Verizon Reads gave LEARN a $5,070 grant to purchase laptop computers and Rosetta Stone American English software programs for use by LEARN's English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) learners and tutors.
LEARN also received a a collaborative $5,000 United Way grant enabling LEARN, the Waynesboro Area Learning Tree (WALT), and Casa de Amistad to participate in a "Linking Literacy and Technology for Change" project.
United Way also awarded $3,000 plus $1,109 in designations to LEARN, while the Augusta Health Foundation has contributed $1,000.
http://www.newsleader.com/article/20120711/NEWS01/120711006
