VISTAs with AVID Readers
Headquarters at Crosstown Learning Center
AVID VISTA's at the Martin Luther King Day Parade-2001
Kathy Leach, Ruth Scott, Rennee Groman, Lori Crews
(kneeling) Krista Schumacher, Barbara Oliver and Beth Wild.
AVID (Area Volunteers Instilling Desire) promotes literacy by recruiting
volunteer readers from the community to read books to pre-school and
school age children in learning centers across our city.
This three-year-old program is coordinated by six
AmeriCorps*VISTA volunteers and Director, Don Farr.
Program author and founder,
Krista Schumacher
Volunteers In Service To America
(VISTA) is in it's 35th year.
Often referred to as our domestic Peace Corps,
VISTA is dedicated to developing and initiating programs
which empower communities and individuals in
the fight against poverty and its effects.
Program Director, Don Farr and VISTA, Kathy Leach (former teacher)
bring experience and leadership to AVID Readers.
Renee Gorman and Lori Crews have always been avid readers.
VISTA's Beth Wild reads a favorite while Ruth Scott makes time for data entry at the AVID office.
VISTA, Barbara Oliver met actor and literacy advocate, James Earl Jones,
at the 2001, 10th National Conference on Family Literacy held in Dallas, TX.
