About Us
Our Mission
The READ Center’s mission is to help adults with low-level literacy develop basic reading and communication skills so they can fulfill their roles as citizens, workers, and family members. This mission is accomplished by providing:
Small Classrooms
One-to-one Tutoring
Financial Literacy
Debbie Amos
Teacher
Leslie Harper
Teacher & Tutor Trainer
Carolyn Harsh
Teacher & Tutor Trainer
Mary Jamisom
Teacher
Kay McCall
Teacher & Tutor Trainer
Janet Sodell
Teacher & Tutor Trainer
Don Wilms
Teacher
Nora Crouch, President
Markel Corporation
Bryan Stogdale, Vice President
Columbia Gas
Margaret Shaia, Treasurer
Community Volunteer
Frank McCormick, Secretary
Fidelity National Title
Maxwell Duncan
Senior Associate, Audit
KPMG
Ellen Marie Hess
Virginia Employment Commission
Delores Kimbrough
Philip Morris/Altria, Retired
Kerry Osborne
Capital One
Jean Proffitt
University of Richmond, Retired A READ Founder
Sandy Reynolds
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLC
William Seymour
Florance, Gordon, Brown, P.C.
Madeline Taylor
Columbia Gas of Virginia
READ Center’s Board welcomes questions, comments and input. You can e-mail the board with this link.
Everyone needs and deserves a literate life.
Want to learn more about adult literacy? Click here for the facts.
Our Stories
“[The READ Center] has helped me pronounce words and to seek out other words that I might not have tried to use. I thank the tutors for their patience and willingness to help with a glad heart. It means a lot to me, being a student.”
Barbara F.
“I volunteer because reading has been a blessing in my life, and I enjoy sharing my passion with others who hope to feel the same comfort and joy with books. Volunteers feel that we receive more than we give.”
Diane C.
“I am glad that I came to The READ Center because it has changed my life completely and it has been a joy to learn and I am going to continue to learn as much as I can. It’s been kind of hard working a full-time job and coming to The READ Center, but I’m not going to quit!”