January
4, 2005
Oakton Receives Literacy Grant
A volunteer tutor program at Oakton Community College has received a $20,000 grant from the Chicago Tribune Charities-Holiday, a fund of the McCormick Tribune Foundation, officials said. The grant, obtained by Oakton's Educational Foundation, will allow the Volunteer in Teaching Adults (VITA) program to continue its mission of assisting those who seek to improve their English speaking, reading, and writing skills.
Each semester, Oakton offers free English as a Second Language (ESL) classes to approximately 3,000 adults whose native language is not English. The Tribune grant will be used to fund volunteer training and purchase needed instructional supplies, including software and laptop computers. Tutor training sessions are 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 8, and 6:30 - 10 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 11, at Oakton's Ray Hartstein Campus, 7701 N. Lincoln Avenue, Skokie.
For more information, contact Cathy Niemet, Oakton's literacy program manager, at 847-635-1426.
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