Anne Arundel County Literacy Council Endowment Fund
A CFAAC 25th Anniversary Endowed Fund established by the Anne Arundel County Literacy Council (AACLC). Founded in 1977 by six Laubach tutors living in Anne Arundel County, the Literacy Council provides personalized, one-on-one coaching in reading, writing, and math to adults. Many of their students read at a 5th-grade level or lower. Many past students have been successful at raising their reading and math levels significantly; some have gone on to achieve their high school diploma, and some have become successful college students. AACLC's mission is to teach adults and out-of-school youth at low-literacy and pre-GED levels the reading, math, and English language skills that will promote self-esteem, independence, and strengthen family literacy, enabling them to be active, contributing members of their community. Anne Arundel Literacy Council's vision serves to promote a thriving, productive community that recognizes adults and out-of-school youth in need of literacy and math services, encourages them to come forward, and supports their efforts to gain essential knowledge.
Help support the Anne Arundel County Literacy Council Endowment Fund with a special gift this year by donating to their Endowment Fund below.
Anne Arundel County Literacy Council Endowment Fund
A MESSAGE FROM THE ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY LITERAY COUNCIL
This fund, established in 2023, was created to further and sustain the mission of the Anne Arundel County Literacy Council. The Council provides free one-on-one tutoring to low-income county adults and out-of-school youth in literacy, math, high school diploma preparation, and English language learning.
About Literacy Council Services
After an initial reading, math, or English assessment, if results show that tutoring can help a student improve their literacy or competency level, the student is matched with a trained volunteer tutor who meets with them individually at least one hour a week. Tutoring is paced to the student’s best learning speed. Meeting times and locations are flexible to meet student needs. Students receive assessments, tutoring, books, and materials at no cost.
Students & Goals
Students are county adults 18 and older who work with the Literacy Council to earn high school diplomas, pass the ASVAB and gain entrance into the military, improve their workplace skills, get a driver’s license, or pass the U.S. citizenship test, among many other goals. Some students were born and raised here, and others come from countries all over the world. All of them have made Anne Arundel County home.
Tutors
Literacy Council tutors are trained volunteers who work with students in one or more programs. There are over 200 active volunteers in the Literacy Council’s membership, and they collectively donate 13,000+ hours of their time in our communities and at the detention centers in Annapolis and Glen Burnie every year.
Anne Arundel County Literacy Council Endowment Fund
Many people like you are making tax smart donations with appreciated stocks and bonds, qualified charitable distributions(QCD) from an IRA, or a variety of planned gifts. For more information, please email John@CFAAC.org or call 410.280-1102 x103.
Should you wish to make a non-cash donation, CFAAC accepts gifts of appreciated stock for the benefit of this fund. To initiate this transaction, contact your broker with the number of shares of each security you wish to give. All gifts of stocks and bonds which are “DTC Eligible” can be transferred to CFAAC using the information below:
- Pershing, LLC Depository Trust Company (DTC) #0443 For the credit to: Pershing, LLC #4S2117401
- Account name: The Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County
PLEASE NOTE: Donor names are rarely provided when securities are transferred electronically. To ensure your gift is correctly allocated, please email Kathy@CFAAC.org with the gift amount and the name of the fund your gift will support.