We need you.

Improve community, family, and professional lives through adult literacy education.

Give someone the gift of

Reading

The Temple Literacy Council recruits volunteer literacy tutors to work with adult learners in the Temple area.

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FIGHT ILLITERACY

1 in 5 Central Texans struggle with low literacy

SUPPORT

You can help by becoming a tutor or volunteer or supporting us with a donation.

13% of adults in Bell County are functionally illiterate

BECOME A VOLUNTEER

You can help by becoming a tutor or volunteer or supporting us with a donation.

80% of prison inmates in Texas are functionally illiterate

BECOME A TUTOR

You can help by becoming a tutor or volunteer or supporting us with a donation.

75% of unemployed adults have reading or writing difficulties

DONATE

You can help by becoming a tutor or volunteer or supporting us with a donation.

SINCE 1988

TEMPLE LITERACY COUNCIL

This successful literacy program has operated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the Temple community since 1988. It is funded through generous donations of money and time by local individuals, organizations and businesses. The organization is not funded by any state or federal agencies.

GET INVOLVED

RECRUITING

The Temple Literacy Council recruits volunteer literacy tutors to work with adult learners in the Temple area. Each adult learner who wants to learn to read or improve their English literacy skills is paired one-on-one or in a small group with a basic literacy and/or ESL tutor.

Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.

About

The Temple Literacy Council recruits volunteer literacy tutors to work with adult learners.

Contact

Temple Literacy Council
100 West Adams Ave.
Temple, TX 76501

254-774-READ (7323)