{"id":2,"date":"2008-05-07T10:51:29","date_gmt":"2008-05-07T15:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fayetteliteracycouncil.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-02-19T12:41:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T17:41:41","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fayetteliteracy.org\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a id=\"myphotolink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fayetteliteracy.org\/photo.php?pid=6161145&amp;id=261862631229\"><\/a> <strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;\">Mission Statement<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;\">To provide quality programs and services to empower individuals to improve family life, meet their personal and educational goals and to become more productive citizens in their workplace and community.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Board of Directors<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">2023-2024<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;\">Edward Cooper, President<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;\">Sylvia Young, Vice President<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;\">Laura Evans, Secretary<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;\">Korine Dankowski, Treasurer<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"><strong>Laura Griffin<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"><strong>Barbara Wells<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"><strong>Jim Larkin<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"><strong> Nancy Johnson, Executive Director<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;\">Our Purpose<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;\">Fayette Literacy provides: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;\">Reading, language, writing and mathematics instruction<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\">Preparation for Post Secondary education entrance exams<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;\">High School Equivalency Diploma preparation<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;\">Support for Dolly Parton&#8217;s Imagination Library for Fayette County<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>Fayette Literacy serves as the primary non-profit organization for the advocacy and implementation of literacy programs in the county.\u00a0Fayette Literacy\u00a0provides services for adult learners in acquiring, improving and applying basic literacy skills including reading, writing, math and oral communication. These services empower individuals to realize their full potential as individuals and as contributing members of their families and community.<\/p>\n<p>Fayette\u00a0Literacy is supported in part by funding from the\u00a0United Way of the Mid South, grants, fundraisers\u00a0and other individual and corporate contributions.<\/p>\n<p>We are an equal opportunity employer, M\/F, handicapped, veterans. 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