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. Wednesday 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, e-mail info@elginliteracy.org or visit elginliteracy.org.