Sign up for volunteer tutor training in April at Dundee Library

The demand for volunteers has increased in recent months as more adults seek help to improve their English, reading and writing skills, and to prepare to become naturalized citizens. Volunteers can attend a 12-hour training workshop, and then will be matched with an adult learner to help them improve their skills. Eighty-three adults from 15 countries are on the waiting list for a tutor right now.

The Literacy Connection is offering training from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays, April 3-24, at Dundee Public Library, 555 Barrington Ave. in East Dundee. The first hour of the workshop, on April 3, from 5:30-6:30 p.m., will provide information about the agency, tutor training, tutor-learner matches, and other Literacy Connection volunteer opportunities. Volunteers may stay to complete the course, or attend training in a future workshop.

For additional training dates, visit www.elginliteracy.org. There is a $25 fee to cover the textbook, background check, and materials.

Registration is recommended, but walk-ins are welcome. To register, complete the online form elginliteracy.org/how-to-help/become-a-tutor, email info@elginliteracy.org, or call (847) 742-6565 and provide your full name, address, email, phone number, and the workshop date you plan to attend.

The Literacy Connection is a nonprofit human service organization that provides volunteer literacy tutoring in 16 northwest suburban communities including Elgin, South Elgin, Bartlett, Streamwood, Hanover Park, Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, East Dundee, West Dundee, Carpentersville, Algonquin, Cary, Lake in the Hills, Huntley, Hampshire and Gilberts.