Learn To Read Better

  • Call toll free 1-866-705-READ (1-866-705-7323) for information

Be A Volunteer

  • Help us enroll children into Imagination Library at local events, including our Summer Learning Day on July 9th at Destiny USA; or help with other outreach and fundraising activities.
  • Volunteers also play an important role in providing educational services to adult learners in our community.
  • Call us at 315-428-8129 or toll free 1-866-705-READ (1-866-705-7323) to discuss volunteer opportunities that work with your schedule.

Become A Donor

  • •You can make a tax-deductible gift to the Literacy Coalition of Onondaga County and/or Imagination Library, click here to make a donation. Thank you!

Be An Advocate

  • Be a lifelong learner
  • Encourage others to be lifelong learners
  • Read with the children in your family
  • Let politicians and community leaders know what you think about literacy
  • Do a “literacy audit” to identify and address the barriers that your organization or workplace may present to people with low literacy skills
  • Invite speakers from literacy groups to speak at your service club or other membership organization
  • Support family-friendly policies for education
  • Publish stories about lifelong learning or literacy success stories in your newsletters
  • Create discussion about literacy among your peers and friends
  • Use plain language in your written and spoken communications
  • Encourage awareness and sensitivity toward less literate people