Tonya Hensley - Highlands Literacy Council

In 1974, President Richard Nixon signed the executive order establishing National Volunteer Week. Since then, every president has signed a proclamation promoting this event. Accordingly, April is national volunteer month […]

The Literacy Council of Highlands first began tutoring in 1992 in the basement of the Methodist Church and shortly thereafter moved to the Peggy Crosby Center. There have been lots […]

While we all know that literacy is important, specialists are now informing us that the first 2,000 days of a child’s life are even more critical than we thought.  From […]

As we near the end of our 23rd year of service to this community, I’ve been reflecting on the past year and how thankful I am for our three new […]