Learn to Read

Did you know that 73% of Hartford adults are functionally illiterate? That is a shocking statistic and one that galvanized me to get involved as a literacy volunteer.  When I walked through the doors of Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford, I had no idea that I would leave uplifted, altered and inspired. I had the privilege of spending two hours in the presence of effervescence and hope incarnate…a united nations of curiosity, a most unusual cast of characters who couldn’t stop laughing and wondering. I knew I had to return. Over an Easy to Read book and a weak cup of coffee, these non-readers filled me with their contagious passion to believe and perhaps, more importantly, gave me pause. I was learning so much more from them than they could ever learn from me.