Blue Ridge Literacy is celebrating another year of bringing the written word to adults in the community who may be learning English as a second language or those who do not have strong reading skills. Each year the learners write stories for BLR’s “Writing from the Heart” publication. WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno has more.
Blue Ridge Literacy is celebrating another year of helping the region’s adults to read and write in English. The annual celebration honors both volunteers and learners. As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno tells us BRL has seen a dramatic increase in the number of learners.