Cherry began volunteering at the Rotary Family Literacy Center as an ABE group tutor in October 2012. She teaches basic reading and writing and loves both the work and the students! Cherry began volunteering at GLA upon hearing a recommendation at a Rotary Club luncheon. Prior to her retirement three years ago, Cherry resided in Paramus, New Jersey and worked as Director of Operations Planning for Elizabeth Arden in New York City. She loves Greenville and her volunteer work and hopes to recruit some of her fellow retirees to join the great crew of tutors at GLA!

 

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Rotary eliminated all names on its waiting list and enrolled adults for new student orientation and computer lab time. In addition, twenty students attended our first Lunch & Learn Workshop on Empowerment/Self-Esteem, led by the ECPI intern, and gave excellent feedback on the success of the program.

Rotary staff attended the Verizon Community Outreach Fair with the goal of attracting tutors. The staff also made contact with the Newsletter Editor for the North Main Community Association, who agreed to run an ad announcing the center’s need for ABE or ESL tutors. Similar ads were also placed on Craigslist and Volunteermatch.org … (read more…)

The New Year brought a new Program Manager to the Rotary Learning Center.  Laura Scott is excited to be at the helm of a center that serves an urban community working to restore and revitalize.  She has added classes and welcomed 23 new students to Rotary, as well as five new enthusiastic tutors.  As she plans for more classes and more students, Laura is in contact with community leaders to ensure that the center’s Adult Basic Education and English as Second Language classes are tailored to meet the needs of the neighborhood it serves. … (read more…)

Rotary proudly salutes Barbara, a student with a burning desire to succeed and the inner strength to overcome obstacles. Partially deaf and blind since birth, Barbara left school after the seventh grade, finding the bullying unbearable. Now in her late 40s, Barbara is moving full-steam ahead to attain her GED because she wants a better life for herself.  Despite a severe visual impairment that cannot be corrected with glasses, Barbara is a quiet, tireless student, who is at the learning center four days each week, working 3-4 hours in the classroom and the computer lab each day. She has forged a bond with her tutor, Lillian, a retired educator, who like Barbara, is tireless, highly motivated, and just as apt to scoff at obstacles.  In the year that … (read more…)