Volunteer at a Bookstore and Help End IlliteracyWashington, DC, has one of the highest rates of adult illiteracy in the nation. Help the Washington Literacy Council raise funds to help adults learn to read and transform their lives. Volunteers are needed to wrap gifts at DC bookstores from Nov. 28 to Dec. 24. Daytime, evening and weekend shifts are available.
Sign up for just an hour, or bring some friends and wrap all day! Even if you're all thumbs, the Washington Literacy Council can use you. All contributions will benefit the council's reading programs. Volunteers are especially needed Nov. 28-30 and Dec. 22-24. To sign up, contact the bookstore captain at the store where you'd like to volunteer:
Borders, 18th and L Streets NW
Janet Hodur
301/379-3080 or wrap18andL@yahoo.com
Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Kara Kaufman
202/624-7733 or wrapPandP@yahoo.com
Borders at Friendship Heights
Ellie O'Brien
202/271-2987 or wrapFH@yahoo.com
Borders, 14th and F Streets NW
Jeff Frank
202/270-1926 or wrap14andF@yahoo.com
For general information
Amy Hawthorne
202/939-2271
amy123_hawthorne@hotmail.com.
