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Executive Director Becky Lilly visits the Sturgis Lion's Club.

"Imagine the deflating feeling you'd get if you were an able-bodied person willing to work just about any type of job, but your limited reading skills prevent you from even filling out or reading important paperwork," Lilly said.

The St. Joseph County Literacy Council wants not only to help people who don't read at all but also people who want to learn to read better - to help their children with homework, to get a job or a better job, to become functionally literate.

The Centreville Lions Club makes a donation to support the Literacy Council.

Fifteen to 22 percent of people in St. Joseph County cannot read, according to county Literacy Council executive director Becky Lilly.

The Council continues to work on improving literacy.

Literacy volunterrs are being sought by the St. Joseph County Literacy Council.

The Indiana Michigan Power Company gives a grant to the St. Joseph County Literacy Council!

The Walmart Foundation has issued a grant to the St. Joseph County Literacy Council.  

The Literacy Council works out of Barrows School in Three Rivers.