The Literacy & Learning Center

The Literacy & Learning Center is offering an entire suite of educational programs and volunteer opportunities to ensure that 2022 is bursting with promise.

Jenni Edwards, Bonnie Potts, and Anna Norton

“We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives ... not looking for flaws but for potential.” – Ellen Goodman

Do you have any New Year’s resolutions?

Perhaps you want to start volunteering more in this community, work towards your GED, strengthen your English language skills, or simply read more! The Literacy & Learning Center can help. TL&LC has many volunteer opportunities and is host to several book-borrowing opportunities.

TL&LC also offers free English as a Second Language classes. These classes are held in-person at The Presbyterian Church in Highlands and are available on The Literacy & Learning Center’s YouTube channel! Held from 6:30 to 7:30 P.M., the classes also include snacks and child-friendly activities to keep little ones entertained while their caregivers participate in the class. Anyone can join, and no registration is required.

Additionally, TL&LC offers a program that makes earning a State of North Carolina high school equivalency certificate accessible for anyone. TL&LC will supply the GED textbook at no charge and completely cover the cost of the North Carolina GED test! To sign up for this program, just call (828) 526-0863 or email anorton@maconncliteracy.org.

There’s no better time than the present to further your education and achieve the goals you have set for yourself. The Literacy & Learning Center strives to make that possible for everyone in our community. And all of our programs are completely free of charge.

Visit maconncliteracy.org to find out more about TL&LC’s Free Little Library and other book-borrowing programs, or to learn more about volunteering!

by Jenni Edwards, Literacy & Learning Center