Volunteer Opportunity Details:

If you could not read, how would you earn a living? Pay your bills? Find your way around? Manage your health care? Help your children in school? A shocking one in four adults in Oakland cannot manage the reading and writing required for these basic tasks. Second Start Adult Literacy Program volunteer tutors help adults (age 16 and older) who are functioning at basic levels of literacy to improve their reading and writing skills and to develop their knowledge and potential, while achieving their personal goals. Second Start works with native English speakers as well as individuals for whom English is not their native language. All our services are free and confidential. Some volunteers also teach workshops, help in our Family Literacy program, help in the office, and perform other tasks.

Volunteers must be 18 years of age or older, speak English, communicate clearly, devote at least two hours a week for a minimum of nine months. Volunteers will receive 18 hours of free training and ongoing support. We are looking for volunteer tutors who have patience and who are willing to view teaching as a two-way experience, understanding that we are all learners. We provide training so that volunteers can help an adult reach his or her personal literacy goals.

This opportunity is sponsored by: Second Start Adult Literacy Program

We need volunteers who are free at these times Evenings Weekly Weekdays This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Adults (26-54) Unpaid Interns Adults (55+) Young Adults (18-25)

Contact Person: Amy Prevedel, Program Coordinator, (phone), (email) View all agency contacts

Address:

1801 Adeline Street, Second Floor Oakland, CA 94607 (See a map)

Directions:

Second Start is in the same building as the West Oakland Branch of the Oakland Public Library, at the corner of 18th and Adeline Streets. There is a large free parking lot behind the library, with the entrance on 19th Street.   Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: West Oakland or 19th Street BART,   Walk distance (in minutes): 15   Nearest Bus Stop: AC Transit # 14, 1 minute walk

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Cities:		Oakland