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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock Neva Staff Writer
Rappahannock’s literacy volunteers celebrated a year of successful operation Saturday.
Chairman Lee Bird said that in the year since the group became an official chapter of the Literacy Volunteers of America, the organization had grown to 50 members with 16 trained tutors, and 12 of them are paired with students.
Mr. Bird noted that the program works with a students ranging from those who do not know their letters to those working to complete the high school equivalency exam. They range in age from their 20s to their 70s.
He said tutors were also prepared to work with those who are not native speakers of English, and in one case a volunteer is teaching sign language to a jail inmate whose deaf daughter is also learning sign language.
He noted that the group continues to have problems getting students. Many people who are unable to read or who have trouble reading are accustomed to hiding their problem. Also some students start and then drop out of the program because their jobs leave them with little time to continue to work with
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