Blue Ridge Literacy Council

The Blue Ridge Literacy Council's (BRLC) mission is to help people transform their lives by cultivating literacy skills that promote economic and social success. To do that, BRLC provides an Employment Education Program, a Teen Program, a Family Literacy Program, and a program on Digital Literacy. Classes are taught by the community and volunteer tutors who go through program-specific training.

All students, adults, and teens, must have goals toward which they are actively working with their tutors. In the fiscal year 2021-2022, 81 students achieved at least one of their goals. This includes 16 who either got a better job or received a raise or promotion at their current job, ten students who obtained United States Citizenship, and 25 who increased their involvement in their children's educational activities.

In the fiscal year July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022, BRLC served 122 students, trained 34 new tutors, had 42 community members attend Volunteer Orientation, and worked with five office volunteers. The tutors logged 3513 instructional hours, and students logged 1040 instructional hours. The organization has made great strides in overcoming the difficulties resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic over the last two years.