Literacy group to hold volunteer training

The Literacy Connection, an organization dedicated to adult literacy, is seeking volunteers for the fall. A free orientation session will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 5 at the Hanover Park Branch Library, 1266 Irving Park Road.

Training workshops will follow on Sept. 10, 12, 17, 19, 24 and 26. Volunteers can make up missed sessions during a later training series, or complete selected lessons online.

Once trained, tutors will be matched with a student for an hour or two of tutoring a week, at a time and place of their choice.

Volunteers are needed to tutor in both Basic Reading and English as a Second Language. No special education or foreign language skills are required.

The Literacy Connection serves adults and young children in the following area communities: Algonquin, Bartlett, Carpentersville, Cary, Elgin, South Elgin, East Dundee, West Dundee, Gilberts, Hanover Park, Hampshire, Hoffman Estates, Huntley, Lake in the Hills, Streamwood, and Schaumburg.

For more information, contact The Literacy Connection at (847) 742-6565 or info@elginliteracy.org, or visit elginliteracy.org.