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Read For Joy!

Any individuals or businesses interested in funding "Read For Joy!”, a book given to all 1st-time mothers in Marquette County, please contact LV-MC at 608-297-8900 or vjhawk@maqs.net.

Staying Healthy

Literacy Volunteers-Marquette County together with Wisconsin Literacy, Inc provides information and a Staying Healthy curriculum for residents of Marquette County. LV-MC works with the Marquette County Health Department to get the information out to the public.

Check out these businesses who support literacy!

Tots to Teens Book Drive

Literacy Volunteers-Marquette County annually runs a Tots-to-Teens Book Drive,  beginning in  November ending before Thanksgiving with the annual Christmas gift distribution organized through the Marquette County Human Services,
Drop boxes may be found at Marquette County libraries in Endeavor, Montello, Neshkoro, Oxford, Packwaukee and Westfield. Please bring your donations to these boxes by Monday, December 3rd so they can be transported for sorting before the event.

Many thanks to old and new friends for your contributions to this worthy cause!

Touch a Truck 2022    Newsletters are published twice a year: May and November.  Unless you have requested a print copy mailed to you, they are available on this website or as a pdf emailed to you from LuAnn Zieman at elteezee497@gmail.com

Literacy Volunteers-Marquette County, Inc (LV-MC) is a non-profit organization that provides free and confidential tutoring to adults and families who want to improve their reading, writing, math and other skills.  Volunteer tutors provide individualized instruction. 

Literacy Volunteers-Marquette County is an affiliate of ProLiteracy America. 

The purpose of the organization is to improve the quality of life by promoting and fostering increased literacy and lifelong learning in Marquette County, WI and contiguous areas primarily through volunteer teaching of and aid to the illiterate, semi-literate, and those who are not native English speakers; to encourage and aid individuals, groups and organizations desiring to increase literacy through volunteer programs, and to develop public awareness of the illiteracy problem.

Collaboration with existing organizations and agencies is extremely important. Current LV-MC collaborative programs include:

• Women, Infant and Children clinic (WIC) StoryTime in Montello and Westfield

• Montello Library StoryTime

• Read for Joy! given to First Time mothers through the County Nurses

• Activity Packs accompanying WI Bookworms given to Head Start families

•  Getting Kids Excited About Reading

•  Tots to Teen Book Drive at Christmas

•  Assisting teachers with reading classes in elementary schools

• Speaking to various county groups about literacy

LV-MC is a member of Wisconsin Literacy, Inc., which works to raise awareness of the impact of low literacy on our state's economy and the benefits of providing adult literacy services to our businesses, families, and communities.  They provide support, training and advocacy to adult literacy programs statewide.   www.wisconsinliteracy.org