Clinton County Literacy Program

A mother and child learn to read together at
Suncrest Elementary as part of the 21st Century Grant.

This is an exciting time for the Literacy Program, as we are expanding the Program to include children and family literacy activities. While we are expanding our activities, our basic core program is staying the same. We are still helping adults one-on-one with their reading and writing skills at the Frankfort Library. We have updated our Program Name, Email Address, and Mission Statement to reflect the changes in our Program. The Literacy office is still in the Frankfort Library and the telephone number is the same.

Our New Name: Clinton County Literacy Program
Our New Email : literacy@accs.net
Our New Mission: "To provide families the necessary literacy skills to be successful in their everyday lives.”

In response to a community need for more literacy programming for children and families, we have had volunteers read to Suncrest, Blue Ridge, and Green Meadows Elementary school students in February and March 2010. We shared our own experiences of reading in school, in the workplace, and in our everyday lives. We reached over 1000 students with reading and sharing our love and knowledge of books and learning in the spring.   We will work with the schools again in fall 2010 and speak and read with a new group of students.

We are part of the Community Schools of Frankfort 21st Century Learning Grant. As part of this grant, we are collaborating with the schools and offering Family Literacy activities to children and their parents for 26 Saturdays from September 2010 to February 2011.

If you would like to learn more about the Literacy Program, become a tutor, or make a donation, contact Kim Redington, Director, at the Frankfort Library, 765-654-8746 x115 or at literacy@accs.net. 

Since 1999 we've given the Jack O'Neill Award for Outstanding Service to the Literacy Program to someone in the Program.  Previous winners include:

1999  Ann Burgen, Former Literacy Program Director

2000  Mary Jane Greene, Volunteer Tutor

2001  Janis Brodrick, Volunteer Tutor

2002  Thelma Baldwin, Volunteer Tutor

2003  Sandra Lewis, Volunteer Tutor

2004  Sally Morgan, Volunteer Tutor

2005  Noemi Ordaz, Former Student and Translator

2006  Norma Pierce, Volunteer Tutor

2007  Leah Borntrager and Sandy Meyer, Steering
           Committee members

2008  Jo Ellen Clark, Volunteer Tutor & Steering Committee
           Member

2009  Anne Campbell, Volunteer Tutor & Steering Committee
           Member