FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 6, 2005

CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119, lisa.lacher@drake.edu

DRAKE LITERACY CENTER SEEKS VOLUNTEER TUTORS

Tutors are needed at the Drake University Adult Literacy Center to help local residents improve their literacy skills so they can better understand prescription labels, fill out job applications and read books to their children and grandchildren.

Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer tutor is invited to attend a one-hour informational meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, or at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12, at the Drake Resource Center, 1213 25th St.

To raise awareness and support, the Drake Adult Literacy Center will host its third annual “Support the Right to Read Walk for Adult Literacy” on Friday, May 20, at Nollen Plaza in downtown Des Moines. The theme of this year’s walk will be “There’s a Place for Us.” Walkers will meet at 11:45 a.m. in Nollen Plaza in downtown Des Moines, then begin the walk in the downtown skywalk system at noon.

A rally will be take place in the Kaleidoscope Mall at 12:30 p.m. Adults who have benefited from the program will share their experiences and describe how the Drake Adult Literacy Center changed their lives. In addition, Michelle Swieter, Miss Johnson County, will sing “There’s a Place for Us” at the rally.

For more information about the Drake Adult Literacy Center or to register for the information sessions, contact Anne Murr at (515) 271-3982 or anne.murr@drake.edu.

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