United Way of Lower Eastern Shore Supports Wicomico Public L

libraries. it’s to support a new educational program. 47 abc justina coronel tells us all about it. project read is designed to assist individuals for whatever circumstances in their life arose they did not gain at what we consider a basic literacy level. track 1 that’s andrea berstler – the executive director of wicomico county public libraries, . she says project read was initiated by the rotary club of wicomico county, the program will provide tutoring for adults in the five areas of literacy– which include — not only reading — but other life skills – like using email or how to better manage their finances — in something called financial literacy. we realized that just basic reading wasn’t going to cut it and we needed to have the health literacy and finance literacy and the technology literacy and the family literacy, and they were all integrated like pieces in a puzzle. track 2 berstler tells 47 abc– the program was running for about 12 years — until funding stopped coming in… that’s when united way of the lower eastern shore was got involved — they supported the program with a grant that could be used for the initiative. the real results are going to be that we have more people who are educated in the workforce, we’re going to have more people who are able to get a job, which means that we are going to have more people to be able to take care of their families. and not have to look for handouts. this is a hand up to help empower our community members. track 3 justina coronel, 47 abc if you would like to volunteer, they recommend you contact the wicomico county public library– where they will put you in touch with their volunteer coordinator. they are hoping to enroll their first set of students by the last week of september and first week of october. coming up we’ll have a final look at your weather –