Thanks to all the participants, volunteers and sponsors who made this year’s event a success. Check out the article in the Monday, February 17 edition of the Record!

Famous Ladies’ Tea: Sunday, March 8, 1-4:00 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn, Troy. Local actresses will portray nine notable women, including Julia Child, Alice Roosevelt and Aloha Wanderwell. Tea, coffee and gourmet sandwiches will be served, and guests can participate in raffles and a silent auction. Purchase Tickets

Literacy 5K Run/Walk: Sunday, May 3, 8:00-11:30 a.m. at Schodack Island State Part. Runners and walkers of all ages and abilities are welcome to join the 5K trail run, youth mile, story walk, nature walk, and other activities. Prizes will be awarded to the fastest runners in various age categories. Register Here

Proceeds will make it possible for LVORC to provide free literacy services to adults and children in Rensselaer County and nearby communities.

Literacy Volunteers of Rensselaer County is excited to announce that we are participating in the Hoffman Car Wash Helping Hands fundraiser. Buy car wash tickets and support literacy! The fastest and easiest way to buy these car wash tickets is online at our custom home page on the Helping Hands website.    http://www.hoffmanhelpinghands.com/fundraisers/LVORC

Here you can buy tickets and have them delivered electronically directly to an email or mobile device.  You can also see our fundraiser progress and learn more about us.

Share this address with your friends, family, coworkers – everybody needs a car wash and selling them online is easy for everyone. Thank you for supporting literacy in our community!

Contributions to the Annual Appeal in any amount will help LVORC continue to provide free literacy services to adults and children in Rensselaer County and nearby communities. Donations can be made payable to LVORC and sent to LVORC, 65 First Street, Troy, N.Y. 12180. Donations can be made by using the link on this website at any time. Thank you!

Shop for any occasion at AmazonSmile and they will donate a percentage of the sale to Literacy Volunteers of Rensselaer County. Use this link to support LVORC on AmazonSmile.

Thanks to the Seymour Fox Memorial Foundation, LVORC's Judy Smith and Linda Feldmann recently had the opportunity to be interviewed on WAMC's "Falling Into Place" series. You can hear the interview at WAMC.org, or by following the link from the Blog on this website.

The Seymour Fox Memorial Foundation is providing funding for this year's Everybody WINS! Power Lunch program. Thanks to this generous grant, LVORC is able to provide adult reading mentors to children in area elementary schools. Please join us in saying thank you!

You can get to know a bit about the many adults who are part of LVORC’s programs by viewing their video testimonials:

VIEW TESTIMONIALS