Take Action

Join the Literacy Coalition of Onondaga County in taking action to advance literacy skills for yourself, your child, or other members of the Onondaga County community.

Learn To Read Better

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 through the United Way of Central New York, the Literacy Coalition’s fiscal agent. When submitting your donation, please indicate whether you would like your support to go to the Literacy Coalition and/or the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program. Thank you!

Volunteer

  • Sign up to be a Book Buddy today! Volunteer just one hour a week and make a difference. Connect with children in grades K-3rd in the Syracuse City School District. Learn more at cnybookbuddies.org.

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