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Events
South Georgia Golf Classic (ongoing until 24 April)...Call LVP office for more information.
 
Belk Charity Event (ongoing until 21 April)  selling $5 tickets...money goes to LVP.  See Carmen Wilkinson or Betty Smith (see e-mail address above for tickets or call 333-7515.)
Literacy Bowl on Saturday, 21 April.  Sign up for our fundraiser...5 person teams ($110) or $25 each.  See Betty Smith or Carmen Wilkinson or call 333-7515.  Great fun and door prizes, etc.
 
Tutoring Training Course: May 22 & 24 at Trinity Presbyterian Church from 5:30PM to 8:30PM.  
LVP BOARD MEETING:  June 20 - Location to be announced.
 
We are looking at prospective Board members as well as assigning current tutors....Please call (229) 333-7515 and save your seat at the Board meeting and/or matching you with a waiting learner.
P.S. We have FIVE learners waiting for a TUTOR.
 
Please be PROACTIVE and call us at (229) 333-7515 or leave a message at (229) 247-1893 (Charlie's Place).

Awards

award award award
Chamber Ambassador Mike Meeks with LVP President Marty Williams at LVP Ribbon Cutting on October 20, 2011 April Stokes and Felipe Pacheco with the Georgia Department of Labor receiving the Team High Average Award (TEAM EFFORT award) presented by LVP Board member, Carmen Wilkinson. Carmen Wilkinson, LVP Fundraising Co-Chair.


Bowling

Thank You Jac's!


LVP thanks Jac's Lanes for their continued support of our bi-annual LITERACY BOWL campaign.

Managers: Greg Daughtery and Lisa Tinney accepting monogramed coffee mugs from LVP Director Charlie Oliver.
(December 2011)

Who We Are

Charlie at Sams Club The Literacy Volunteer Program of South Georgia, Inc. (LVP) is an organization of volunteers and a program whose goal is to help improve the reading, writing, and basic arithmetic skills of the "functionally illiterate" adults in the greater Valdosta and Lowndes County area. Our volunteer tutors work with adults on a one-on-one basis, at no charge to the learner.

We offer:

  • a free service
  • confidentiality
  • free pre-testing and post-testing
  • convenience
  • trained tutors
  • LVP’s lending mini-library of resources
  • recognition and support activities for tutors and learners

We are a non-profit organization and a Proliteracy Worldwide, Inc. affiliate. Our office is located at 221 S. Ashley Street in the Georgia Department of Labor building and you can call us at 229-333-7515.


Literacy T-Shirts are available!

Literacy Bowl Show your support for Literacy! Get one of our beautiful full color t-shirts for only $12.00 (sizes Small to Large) and $16.00 (XL-XXL). Contact Carmon Wilkinson 229-333-7550 for details and sizes that are available. Click on the picture of the t-shirt to enlarge it.

Literacy Bowl

Sigma Tau gets Literacy Bowl Award

Bowling 2010 LVP

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In Memorium

Donations to honor the memory
of those who have left us
  • Mr Wolff
  • Colleeen Effie Hartley