MISSION OF THE LITERACY ORGANIZATION
The mission of the Otsego County Literacy Council is to
champion a more literate community in Otsego County by providing
creative leadership to new and existing literacy efforts.
Literacy Council
Members:
~Maureen Derenzy,
Otsego County Library Director
~Dale Richardson, Otsego County Literacy Council
~Cathy Cherup, GED Volunteer Coordinator
~Phil Alexander, Otsego County MSU Extension
~Jackie Skinner, Otsego County Library
~Pete Amar, Otsego County Human Services Network
~Jack Thompson, University Center at Gaylord
~Michael Turnbull, FOA Field Manager
Bimonthly Literacy Council Meetings
The Otsego County
Literacy Council meets the first Monday of every other month at the
Otsego County Library. The months the council meet are:
February, April, June, August, October and December. Meetings are in the library's
meeting room at 1 p.m. Everyone is welcome!
Did you
Know?
-
44%
of adults in Michigan read at a 4th grade level or below.
-
75%
of unemployed adults have difficulty reading and writing!
-
20%
of Michigan adults are functionally illiterate.
-
60%
of the unemployed lack the basic literacy skills necessary
to be trained for high tech jobs!
-
Illiteracy
costs business and taxpayers an estimated $20 billion per
year!
