ADULT LITERACY GROUPS, BY COUNTY

June 2009
ALCONA COUNTY
 Alcona Reads! Adult Literacy Program  The Opportunity Center
Lynn VanderLinde Rose Hunt Redd
Alcona County Library 960 Agard, Suite 180
312 W. Main Street Benton Harbor, MI 49022
P.O. Box 348 269-926-2430 x 104
Harrisville, MI 48740 rhuntredd@heartlandalliance.org
989-724-6796
989-724-6173 fax BRANCH COUNTY 
lynn@alcona.lib.mi.us  Branch County Literacy Council 
Ruth Vander Pool-Onlor 
ALPENA COUNTY  10 E. Chicago St. 
 Alpena Co. Library Adult Literacy Program - Coldwater,  MI  49036 
R.E.A.D.  517-279-9833 
Dottie Haase 517-279-7134 fax
Sue Lawson  brcolitco@cbpu.com 
211 N. First St. 
Alpena, MI  49707  CHEBOYGAN COUNTY
989-356-6188 x 15  Cheboygan Public Library
989-356-2765 fax Mark Bronson
dsbhaase@freeway.net  103 S. Ball Street
readprogram@Yahoo.com Cheboygan, MI 48720
www.alpenalibrary.org  231-627-9139
mbronson@cheboyganlibrary.org
BARRY COUNTY 
 Barry County Literacy Council  CALHOUN COUNTY 
Dr. James Atkinson, Board President  Literacy Council of Calhoun County 
Hastings Public Library Jill Hinde 
227 E. State Street 450 North Ave. 
Hastings, MI  49058  Battle Creek, MI  49017 
Attention: Barry County Literacy Council  269-968-6488 
269-948-9900 j_hinde@hotmail.com
bcliteracy@hotmail.com
CLARE COUNTY 
BAY COUNTY   Literacy Council of Clare and Gladwin
 Literacy Council of Bay County  Counties 
Kathy Rayner  Chris Van Heel, Executive Director
407 W. Ohio Street  Maureen Barney-McGuire, Program Coordinator
Bay City,  MI  48706 3982 W M-61
989-686-8700  Gladwin, MI 48624
989-686-1372 fax 989-246-1330
bayliteracy@bcschools.net  secondmile@chartermi.net
cglc@ejourney.com
BENZIE COUNTY________________________
See MANISTEE COUNTY CRAWFORD COUNTY
Project Read Northwest  Crawford AuSable Literacy Network
Paul Brunell
BERRIEN COUNTY  403 Michigan Ave.
Family Literacy Center Grayling, MI 49738
Kareemah El-Amin 989-344-3535
175 W. Main St. pbrunell@casdk12.net
Benton Harbor, MI 49022
269.277.5191 GENESEE COUNTY 
kelamin@c4cd.org  Christ Enrichment Center Literacy Program 
Debby Springer
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Office of Adult Education
Bureau of Workforce Transformation
Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth
Lansing, Michigan
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322 E. Hamilton Ave.  mail@thereadingpeople.org
Flint, MI  48505  http://www.thereadingpeople.org
810-239-9425 
810-239-9630 fax  Patty Higgins
dspringer@christenrichmentcenter.org Office of Adult Education
Bureau of Workforce Transformation
GLADWIN COUNTY  Department of Labor & Economic Growth
SEE CLARE COUNTY 201 N. Washington Square
Literacy Council of Clare-Gladwin Counties  Lansing, MI 48913
517-373-0815
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY  higginsp@michigan.gov
 Grand Traverse Area Literacy Council
Roger Prouty  IONIA COUNTY 
Kathleen Packer  Ionia County Literacy Council 
PO Box 4119 Gayle Thompson 
Traverse City, MI  49685-4119 307 W. Adams St. 
231-922-4574 Ionia, MI  48846 
rogererp@yahoo.com  616-527-3100 x 432
gtalc22@gmail.com 616-527-1421 fax
www.gtalc.org iclc33@hotmail.com 

GRATIOT COUNTY  IOSCO COUNTY 

 Gratiot County Reading Program   Iosco RESA 
Kathy Johnston  Mike Paslaski
300 Republic St.  27 North Rempert Rd. 
Alma, MI  48801  Tawas City, MI  48763 
989-463-6255  989-362-3006 x 163
989-466-6814  fax 989-362-9076 fax
kjohnsto@edzone.net  mpaslaski@hotmail.com

HILLSDALE COUNTY____________________ ISABELLA COUNTY

 Hillsdale County Learning  Literacy Tutors
Partners/Community Action Agency Mary Bupp
Yvonne Rogers Veterans Memorial Library
55 Barnard Hillsdale, MI 49242 301 S. University
517-437-3346 or 800-750-9300 Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
517-437-3480 fax 989-773-3242 x 40
yrogers@caajlh.org mbupp@crdl.org
www.crdl.org “Ask About Us”
HOUGHTON COUNTY 
 Elaine Bacon Literacy Program  JACKSON COUNTY 
Andrea Bacon Co-chair with George Love  Jackson County Literacy Program /
46810 Pilgrim Rd. Community Action Agency
Portage Township Nancy Norris 
Houghton, MI 49931 154 Clark St.
906-482-4762 Jackson, MI  49203 
517-788-6149
INGHAM COUNTY  517-784-5188 fax
 Capital Area Literacy Coalition (CALC)  nnorris@caajlh.org
Dr. Lois A. Bader
Di Clark KALAMAZOO COUNTY
1028 E. Saginaw   Kalamazoo Literacy Council 
Lansing, MI  48906  Paula Aldridge
517-485-4949  PO Box 2421
517-485-1924 fax Portage, MI 49081-2421

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Office of Adult Education
Bureau of Workforce Transformation
Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth
Lansing, Michigan
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269-343-8666 Judy Tompke
paulamae41@comcast.net 95 Maple St. 
info@kalamazooliteracy.org Manistee, MI  49660
231-723-2519 
KENT COUNTY 231-723-8270 fax
 Literacy Center of West Michigan audreystrouf@jackpine.com
Susan Ledy tompkejw@hotmail.com
111 Library St. N.E.
Grand Rapids, MI 49503 MECOSTA COUNTY
616-459-5151  Mecosta County Literacy Council
616-245-8069 fax Retired and Senior Volunteer Program
LCWM@literacycenterwm.org 14485 Northland Dr.
www.literacycenterwm.org Big Rapids, MI  49307 
231-796-4848 
 The WORD Project  231-769-1078 fax
Sr. Carmen Rostar rsvp@tucker-usa.com
671 Davis NW 
Grand Rapids, MI  49503  MIDLAND COUNTY 
616-454-4874  Literacy Council of Midland County 
scresl@att.net Allen Richard
222 N. Saginaw Rd., Suite 1 
LAPEER COUNTY  Midland, MI  48640
 Family Literacy Center  989-839-0540 
Mary Wiese  989-839-4393 
P.O. Box 485  arichard@literacymidland.org
Lapeer, MI  48446  bmanning@literacymidland.org
810-664-2737  http://www.literacymidland.org 
810-664-5870 fax
icanread@readlapeer.org MONTCALM COUNTY 
http://www.readlapeer.org   Montcalm Adult Reading Council
Elaine Crawford 
LENAWEE COUNTY  200 W. Judd St. 
Lenawee County Learning Greenville, MI  48838
Partners/Community Action Agency 616-754-1391 ex. 4
Yvonne Rogers 616-754-1398 fax
400 W. South St. Adrian, MI 49221 elcraw_2000@yahoo.com 
Phone: 517-263-7861 or 800-438-1845
Fax: 517-263-6531 MUSKEGON____________________________
yrogers@caajlh.org  Read Muskegon
Carolyn Madden
PO Box 1312
MACOMB COUNTY  Muskegon, MI 49443-1312
 Macomb Literacy Partners 231-766-5040
Ted Bolak cmadden15@aol.com
16480 Hall Rd.  www.readmuskegon.org
Clinton Township, MI  48038 
586-286-2750  NEWAYGO COUNTY
586-286-4023 fax  NCCS Project Literacy
read@macombliteracy.org Andrew Wright
ted@macombliteracy.org 6308 South Warner Ave. PO Box 149
http://www.macombliteracy.com  Fremont, MI 49421
231-924-0641
MANISTEE COUNTY  231-924-5594 fax
 Project Read Northwest 1-800-VOLUNTEER
Audrey Strouf  awright@nccsweb.org

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Office of Adult Education
Bureau of Workforce Transformation
Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth
Lansing, Michigan
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www.nccsweb.org Lou Wilson 
P.O. Box 320 
OAKLAND COUNTY  Roscommon, MI  48653 
 Oakland Literacy Council  989-275-4506  
Carol Moraniec 989-275-8971 fax
2550 S. Telegraph Rd. Suite 114  brianlourich@yahoo.com
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 
248-253-1617
carolm@oaklandliteracy.net SAGINAW COUNTY
http://www.oaklandliteracy.org   Literacy Council of Saginaw County
Sherrill Smith
OGEMAW COUNTY  Hoyt Library
 Ogemaw County Literacy Council  505 Janes Street
Rene Stevens Saginaw, MI 48607
P.O. Box 753  989-755-9822
119 N. 4th St literacy@saginawlibrary.org
West Branch, MI 48661 
989-345-3033  SANILAC COUNTY 
989-345-3033 fax  Sanilac Literacy Project 
oclc@airwavenetworks.com Grace Temple 
46 N. Jackson 
OSCODA COUNTY______________________ Sandusky, MI  48422 
 Friends of Literacy in Oscoda County 810-648-2200 ex: 5
Kim Wright 810-648-2275 fax
Oscoda County Library lars@greatlakes.net
430 W. 8th St.
Mio, MI 48647 ST. CLAIR COUNTY 
989-826-4010  St. Clair County Library Literacy Project
989-826-3961 fax Sue Rutledge
wrightk4@michigan.gov 210 McMorran Blvd.
Port Huron, MI 48060
OTSEGO COUNTY 810-984-5464
 Otsego County Literacy Council srutledge@advnet.net
Jackie Skinner
Otsego Library ST. JOSEPH COUNTY 
700 South Otsego  St. Joseph County Literacy Council 
Gaylord, MI 49735 Florence Ingram
989-732-5841 Virginia Wyman
otsegocountyliteracycouncil@yahoo.com 920 W. Michigan Ave.
jskinner@otsego.org Three Rivers, MI  49093 
269-273-8666
OTTOWA COUNTY______________________ floringram@gmail.com 
 R.E.A.D.-Grand Haven vwyman2@comcast.net
(Reading Enables Adult Development)
Sherry Mitchell TUSCOLA COUNTY 
Loutit Library  Cass City Literacy c/o Rawson Memorial
Grand Haven, MI Library 
616-834-6044 Jane Hittler 
sherrymitchell@mac.com 6495 Pine 
Cass City, MI  48726 
989-872-2856 (library)
989-872-3147 (home)
989-872-4073 fax
ROSCOMMON COUNTY  jahittler@yahoo.com
 Roscommon County Literacy Council 

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Office of Adult Education
Bureau of Workforce Transformation
Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth
Lansing, Michigan
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313-963-0209 fax
WASHTENAW COUNTY  wcrackel@mercyed.net
 Washtenaw Literacy 
Amy Goodman
5577 Whittaker Rd.
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
734-879-1320
734-879-1319 fax
info@washtenawliteracy.org
mayesky@washtenawliteracy.org
kraft@washtenawliteracy.org
www.washtenawliteracy.org

WAYNE COUNTY   Pro-Literacy Detroit 

 Community Literacy Council, Inc.  Margaret Thorpe-Williamson 
Ron King 2111 Woodward Ave., Suite 410
550 N. Holbrook St.  Plymouth, MI  48170  Detroit, MI  48202 
734-416-4906 313-965-8445
734-416-4925 fax 313-872-7720
commlit@pccs.k12.mi.us 313-962-8441 fax
http://plymouthlibrary.org/~literacy/ margaretw@proliteracydetroit.org 
infor@proliteracydetroit.org
 Detroit Area Literacy Coalition www.proliteracydetroit.org
Daphne Williams Ntiri, Ph.D
5057 Woodward Ave, #11207.2  Siena Literacy Center 
Wayne State University Sr. Mary Hemmen 
Detroit, MI 48202 16161 Winston St.,
313-577-7683 Detroit, Mi 48219
dntiri@detlitcoal.org 313-532-8404 
info@detlitcoal.org 313-532-8409 fax
www.detlitcoal.org or www.detroitliteracy.org info@sienaliteracy.org

 The Dominican Literacy Center 

Sr. Janice Brown, O.P.  Women Reading and Writing
Kimberly Burch Darling  WINGS (Women in Need of Guidance and
9400 Courville  Skills)
Detroit, MI  48224  Sheryl Simmons
313-882-4853  15000 Trojan
928.832.4853 fax Detroit, MI 48235
dominican@ameritech.net  313-838-9322
http://www.dlcliteracy.org  ssimmons@womenofwings.org
wingsame.org
 Downriver Literacy Council 
Judy Cock 
14101 Leroy 
Southgate, MI  48195 
734-246-4633 
734-246-7244 fax
judycock@hotmail.com

 Mercy Education Project

Winn Crackel
1450 Howard St.
Detroit, MI 48216
313-963-5881
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Office of Adult Education
Bureau of Workforce Transformation
Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth
Lansing, Michigan