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Resources
Many of the following organizations welcome volunteers. If you are interested in becoming a literacy volunteer, you may contact the Literacy Network’s Volunteer Program or any of the agencies listed below as accepting volunteers.
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| Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeles Volunteer for Literacy Program (accepting volunteers)
Supports adult learners in literacy programs offered at community-based organizations, WorkSource Centers, and adult schools through one-on-one or small group volunteer assistance. Seeking volunteers who are at least 18 years old, able to commit to two hours a week for three months, and are able to attend a one-time 3-hour training. Volunteers can select over 20 available sites and can arrange the hours of service.
202 W. 1st St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Volunteer Program: 213.237.3010
General Office: 213.237.6643
literacynetwork.org |
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Access Books (accepting volunteers)
Provides high interest, enjoyable reading materials to inner city school libraries. Volunteers are needed to pick up books from individuals and drop-off sites, to sort and catalog books during the week, and to solicit donations and assist with other fundraising activities. Access Books is also seeking volunteer muralists to help beautify various library walls.
P.O. Box 64951
Los Angeles, CA 90066
310.284.3452
accessbooks.net |
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BookEnds (accepting volunteers)
Recycles children's books through student-run book drives and places them in schools and youth organizations in need of books. Seeking volunteers to help the small staff in an administrative capacity. You may also help by sponsoring a book drive, donating books and/or money, or by becoming a partner organization.
6520 Platt Ave. #331
West Hills, CA 91307
818.716.1198
bookends.org |
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Everybody Wins! Los Angeles
(accepting volunteers)
Power Lunch, Readers Are Leaders
Devoted to increasing children's prospects for success in school and in life through one-to-one reading experiences. Provides "reading partners" for elementary school students through the Power Lunch program.
777 S. Figueroa St., #3400
Los Angeles, CA 90017
213.623.5335
everybodywinsla.org |
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L.A. Works Let’s Read
(accepting volunteers)
A long-term program by L.A. Works with the goal of providing children with the tools to help them reach their dreams. Work individually and as a group with kids' school-related materials. Volunteers in this program must be at least 18 years of age and commit to the full 8 to 10 week session on consecutive Saturday mornings from 10:00 a.m. to noon.
570 W. Ave 26, #400
Los Angeles, CA 90065
323.224.6510
Let’s Read downtown site: 323.933.8910
Let’s Read westside site: 310.279.8639
laworks.com |
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Los Angeles Unified School District
The Los Angeles Unified School District’s Beyond the Bell Branch offers quality after school programs in elementary and middle schools. The Beyond the Bell Branch before-and-after school programs work in partnership with various community-based organizations throughout Los Angeles to provide academic assistance, enrichment activities, and recreation. The wide variety of programs offered includes financial, health, children’s literacy, and tutoring.
333 S. Beaudry Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 91307
213.241.7900
btb.lausd.net |
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Los Angeles Unified School District
Division of Adult and Career Education (DACE) Adult Basic Education, ESL, CBET and Citizenship Programs
The mission of this adult and occupational education system is to provide the diverse population served with quality lifelong educational opportunities that will empower each student to contribute to and benefit from an ever-changing society.
333 S. Beaudry Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90017
213.241.3164 |
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Options in Storytelling, Inc.
SEEDS Program (Student Enriched Educational Development Through Storytelling)
P.O. Box 4732
West Hills, CA 91308
818.592.6663
optionsinstorytelling.org |
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PEN Center USA
PEN USA is a non-profit membership organization made up of writers of every stripe working west of the Mississippi. Its members are connected by the goals of building interest in the written word and defending writers worldwide.
400 Corporate Pointe
Culver City, CA 90230
310.862.1555
penusa.org
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Reach Out and Read
Reach Out and Read trains doctors and nurses to advise parents about the importance of reading aloud and to give books to children at pediatric check-ups from six months to five years of age, with a special focus on children growing up in poverty. ROR is a national, non-profit organization that promotes early literacy by making books a routine part of pediatric care.
1100 Glendon Ave., #850
Los Angeles, CA 90024
818.838.7218
reachoutandread.org
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Reading By 9
Reading by 9 is a children’s literacy initiative serving children ages kindergarten through third grade. Since 1999, over 4.3 million new and gently used children's books have been distributed to public elementary schools in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties. Nearly 2 million copies of a bilingual Parent Reading Guide are distributed each year.
202 W. 1st St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213.237.3323
www.latimes.com/readingby9
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Reading is Fundamental of Southern California
(accepting volunteers)
Promotes literacy by motivating children to read and inspiring them to become lifelong readers. Seeking volunteers to assist with literacy events, to unpack and sort books at the Book Warehouse, and to set up the distribution of books to children at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at UCLA, Feria del Libro: A Family Book Affair, and other events.
7250 Bandini Blvd., #208
Los Angeles, CA 90040
323.890.0876
rifsocal.org |
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Reading to Kids (accepting volunteers)
A grassroots organization dedicated to inspiring a love of reading in underserved children at 4 elementary schools: Esperanza, Gratts, Hoover, and Magnolia. Reading clubs are held once a month on a Saturday.
1600 Sawtelle Blvd., #210
Los Angeles, CA 90025
310.479.7455
readingtokids.org |
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Ready, Set, Read!
Ready, Set, Read! encourages parents in socio-economically disadvantaged communities to read to their pre-kindergarten children. The program is a free resource for preschool teachers to encourage home reading. The program donates classroom lending libraries and teaches parents how to share books with their children at home. Seeking volunteers who will donates books, organize book drives, become parent educators, or work on fundraising.
4235 Kester Ave.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
818.986.9867
readysetread.org |
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Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (accepting volunteers)
A nonprofit organization that serves individuals who cannot read standard print because of a vision, physical, or learning disability, by providing them with educational materials in accessible formats. Volunteers record all textbooks, which range from kindergarten to post-graduate levels. Seeking volunteer readers and book markers.
5022 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323.664.5525
www.rfbd.org/la |
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Screen Actors Guild Foundation
(members of SAG, AFTRA and EQUITY are all eligible to volunteer)
BookPALS (Performing Artists for Literacy in Schools), our community outreach program, is an all-volunteer program comprised of performing artists who read aloud to students in at-risk elementary schools.
Storyline Online is an online streaming video program featuring SAG members reading children’s book aloud.
We the Children was created to make reading and writing a first person experience by giving children an opportunity to write and illustrate their family histories over a ten-week period, culminating in an autobiography.
5757 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323.549.6711
sagfoundation.org |
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South Coast Literacy Council (accepting volunteers)
An all-volunteer, non-profit organization operating in Orange County. All services are provided free of charge. The principal mission is to assist adults to acquire the English language skills that they need for daily living, to take advantage of employment opportunities and to integrate fully into society. The organization also helps students prepare for U.S. citizenship.
P.O. Box 2235
Capistrano Beach, CA 92624
949.455.9395 |
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KOREH L.A. (accepting volunteers)
A non-sectarian volunteer literacy program created by the Jewish Federation's Jewish Community Relations Committee. "KOREH" is the Hebrew word for "read." Volunteers spend one hour, once a week, reading with a pre-school or elementary school child.
6505 Wilshire Blvd., #900
Los Angeles, CA 90048
323.761.8153
korehla.org |
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The Wonder of Reading 3R Program
(accepting volunteers)
To inspire a love of reading in children, the organization implements its 3R program in public elementary schools. This program renovates public school libraries, restocks them with new books, and trains volunteers to work one-on-one with struggling students from 1st through 5th grades. The 3R Program is in over 170 elementary schools.
120 N. Robertson Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
310.289.1201
wonderofreading.org |
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United Way of Greater Los Angeles
(accepting volunteers)
United Way provides an opportunity for hundreds of individuals to engage in hands-on volunteer projects through its Commitment to Caring program. The program matches employee groups with volunteer opportunities at neighborhood schools, community centers, and other facilities throughout Greater Los Angeles.
Motheread/Fatheread Los Angeles, a program of United Way’s Success By 6 initiative, is a family reading program based on the idea that when families read together - and talk about what they read - family ties are strengthened, parents become reading role models for their children, and children become better readers and better learners.
Saving for the American Dream is a United Way initiative which helps hard-working families take greater control of their economic future by empowering them with the knowledge and opportunities that help lift them out of poverty.
523 W. 6th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
213.630.2100
unitedwayla.org |
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Volunteer Center of Los Angeles (accepting volunteers)
The Volunteer Center of Los Angeles is a program of the Assistance League of Southern California, a social service organization headquartered in Hollywood. The League has provided essential services to needy families, children, and individuals in Greater Los Angeles since 1919.
8134 Van Nuys Blvd., #200
Panorama City, CA 91402
818.908.5066
vcla.net
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Whittier Area Literacy Council, Inc. (accepting volunteers)
WALC is a non-profit, non-sectarian volunteer organization dedicated to teaching people to read, write, and speak the English language.
P.O. Box 917
Whittier, CA 90608
562.698.6598
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