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Student Story: From Sharecropper’s Son to Reading Enthusiast

by Marci Robertson | Nov 6, 2017 | Events, Literacy Action Blog

From Sharecropper’s Son to Reading Enthusiast John* was born on the day World War II began, Pearl Harbor Day in 1941, in the east Arkansas flat delta farmlands. He was a sharecropper’s son and went to very poorly funded “colored” schools in Keo, 20 miles...

BHP donates $6,700 to local literacy group

by Marci Robertson | Oct 23, 2017 | Events, Literacy Action Blog

BHP has awarded Literacy Action of Central Arkansas a $6,700 donation to support literacy programming in Faulkner County.  By Log Cabin Democrat Aaran Mattson, Literacy Action’s Faulkner County program coordinator, and her student use the program’s current equipment...

Congratulations to the Shine a Light Award Winners!

by Marci Robertson | Oct 17, 2017 | Events, Literacy Action Blog

Student and Tutor of the Year Award Winners We had a great time on September 29th honoring our students and tutors at Shine a Light on Literacy. We were pleased to present our Student of the Year Award to Christina Cook. Christina worked incredibly hard this year to...
Shine a Light on Literacy was a Glittering Success!

Shine a Light on Literacy was a Glittering Success!

by Kevin Cates | Nov 6, 2015 | Literacy Action Blog

7th Annual Shine a  Light on Literacy A night of glittering entertainment, benefiting Literacy Action of Central Arkansas The 7th Annual Shine a Light on Literacy, presented by Legacy Termite, raised over $30,000 for Literacy Action of Central Arkansas! We are so...

Recent Posts

  • Literacy Action of Central Arkansas awarded a $1,000 check for Operation Roundup!
  • Literacy Action of Central Arkansas chosen as a Difference Maker for 2021
  • Amanda Gets a New Job!
  • Overcoming Doubt to Learn to Read
  • Surviving War and Turmoil

Stories

  • Literacy Action of Central Arkansas awarded a $1,000 check for Operation Roundup!
  • Literacy Action of Central Arkansas chosen as a Difference Maker for 2021
  • Amanda Gets a New Job!
  • Overcoming Doubt to Learn to Read
  • Surviving War and Turmoil

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P.O. Box 900
Little Rock, Arkansas 72203
(501) 372-7323
Email: laca@literacylittlerock.org

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