Gary Literacy Coalition, Inc.

Gary Literacy Coalition, Inc. The GLC, Inc. supports, promotes, enhances, and coordinates the accessibility of literacy opportunities, thus making ...Gary, "A Reading City." (GLC).

Mission

The Gary Literacy Coalition, Inc. Vision

Gary, Indiana will become a literate community known as a "Reading City" with every individual having access to literacy opportunities. Challenges

To facilitate a collaborative effort among literacy advocates effectively addressing the literacy needs in the city of Gary. To approach literacy from an all-inclusive perspective, serving clients acro

ss the life span. To raise public awareness of the scope of literacy needs in Gary... general literacy, health literacy, and financial literacy. To foster sustainable positive civic engagement and educational improvement. To ensure that citizens with literacy needs have access to appropriate services. To establish a voice for individuals and community empowerment through the provision of literacy opportunities. Program Description

A teen mom high-school dropout needs guidance regarding the importance of reading to her child as early as zero months; the same mom needs assistance in finding the appropriate program to improve her reading skills in order to continue her education. A twenty-three year old male realizes that he needs help to pass the General Educational Development (GED) exam to increase his employability status. Rehospitalization of a child due to improper use of medication prompted a parent's request for assistance with reading. A fifty-two year old grandmother, reading at a second grade level, privately pleads for an opportunity to learn to read better to keep the job that she has been able to manage for twenty years prior to increased technology. A productive, small, non-profit literacy program needs materials to keep afloat. This litany of examples allows a glimpse of the thousands of scenarios that drive the work of The Gary Literacy Coalition, Inc. The Gary Literacy Coalition, Inc. provides literacy focus in four targeted areas:

creating awareness of the importance of literacy to health, economic development, and family well-being connecting learners and volunteers to the appropriate programs and services supporting and providing programs and instructional materials to improve literacy securing resources to develop, support and expand literacy programs

The involvement and commitment of literacy partners continue to allow GLC to demonstrate success in providing access to literacy opportunities across the life-span that translate to the attainment of learner literacy goals. These collaborative efforts build the capacity and effectiveness of literacy services, mobilize resources to support literacy, advocate for opportunities that benefit residents at the lowest level of literacy, enhance awareness of the need for literacy services, and address the impact of literacy as it relates to health.

Special thanks to everyone who volunteered and partnered with us for another successful event on March 5th!Gary Commun...
03/07/2026

Special thanks to everyone who volunteered and partnered with us for another successful event on March 5th!
Gary Community School Corporation

You still have time to get to J's Breakfast Club for today's book signing with author Linda Jones!
03/07/2026

You still have time to get to J's Breakfast Club for today's book signing with author Linda Jones!

Special thanks to all who volunteered to read to young scholars in the Gary Community School Corporation !
03/04/2026

Special thanks to all who volunteered to read to young scholars in the Gary Community School Corporation !

We are excited about tomorrow as we Mark the national Jumpstart Read for the Record in all elementary schools in the Gar...
02/25/2026

We are excited about tomorrow as we Mark the national Jumpstart Read for the Record in all elementary schools in the Gary Community School Corporation!

Special thanks to all of the volunteers from various corporations and organizations who are signed up to read to our youth. Thank you for your commitment to helping make Gary a Reading City.

See the cover of the book that we will be reading below!

Today is the deadline to volunteer to read next week! See details below.
02/20/2026

Today is the deadline to volunteer to read next week! See details below.

Readers wanted and needed on February 26th and March 5th!

Readers wanted and needed on February 26th and March 5th!
01/29/2026

Readers wanted and needed on February 26th and March 5th!

In 2024, you helped kids read... In 2025, they'll plant that seed. 👉
12/30/2025

In 2024, you helped kids read... In 2025, they'll plant that seed.


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Join the 2025 Philanthropic Trust of the Gary Literacy Coalition. Your sponsorship helps us deliver free literacy programs, distribute books, and support reading initiatives across Gary, Indiana. Every gift transforms lives.

A child who reads becomes an adult who thinks. A community that reads becomes a city that grows. Gary is growing—page by...
12/17/2025

A child who reads becomes an adult who thinks. A community that reads becomes a city that grows. Gary is growing—page by page.

  Support GLC "Once You Learn to Read You Will be Forever Free" Frederick Douglass "Reading is to the Mind What Exercise is to the Body& ...

Make reading fun: add voices, act out scenes, and let kids choose the book. Fun builds habit.
12/13/2025

Make reading fun: add voices, act out scenes, and let kids choose the book. Fun builds habit.

  Support GLC "Once You Learn to Read You Will be Forever Free" Frederick Douglass "Reading is to the Mind What Exercise is to the Body& ...

Address

650 Grant Street
Gary, IN
46404

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

Telephone

+12198852229

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