Helping Adults Learn to How to Read, Write, and More

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As originally broadcast May 3, 2023, on Blue Ridge PBS ...

For most people, the ability to read and write comes so naturally that we forget they are skills we had to learn as a child. But for immigrants who don’t know English, and native-born individuals who perhaps struggled in school, those letters on a page are literally a foreign language. From navigating our healthcare system and the DMV to simply wanting to read to a grandchild, a lack of literacy can be crippling.

Literacy Volunteers of the New River Valley provides tutoring and classes to teach adults how to read, write, do basic math, and use computers — which in turn provides people the power to lift themselves out of poverty, lower health care costs, find and keep sustainable employment, and ultimately change lives.

But the nonprofit’s brand is clunky — LVNRV — and suggests it serves volunteers rather than people who need help reading. Coming to the rescue once again on BUZZ are our rebranding magicians from Wordsprint.

We thank 100+ Women Who Care NRV for sponsoring the production of our episode!

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0:00 - Buzz4Good Intro
1:57 - Introducing Literacy Volunteers of the New River Valley
3:28 - Keisha Jones' Story
4:43 - Who else Literacy Volunteers of the NRV is Helping
7:07 - Looking at The Statistics
8:15 - Wordsprint Meets Literacy Volunteeres of the NRV
10:57 - Taking a Look at Different Programs
13:20 - Silvera Garcia's Story
15:53 - More Impactful Stories
18:36 - The Relationship Between the Teacher & Student
21:38 - The Reveal
25:44 - Buzz4Good Outro