Literacy Council of Benton County

Main Office: 205 NW A Street,  Bentonville, Arkansas 72712 (479) 273-3486

  LCBC at CFN: 1200 W. Walnut, Rogers (479) 936-5964; Tax ID: 71-0558919

How Can I help?

Literacy councils serve adults up to a ninth-grade reading level.  Trained volunteer tutors provide free one-on-one tutoring at the student's own pace and convenience or in small group ESL classes.  Curriculum is designed to meet the student's needs and goals.

Please take the Orientation to Volunteering in Literacy thru Thinkfinity.org–a short course.  It will give you needed information on literacy involvement, and help you define where your interests are.

How can I be a volunteer tutor?   Give us a call the LCBC office --479-273-3486, come in for a tour, and we’ll give you an application or print out your own from this website.  All volunteer tutors, regardless of their educational background – or career – first take a tutor training workshop offered by the council, and are then matched with a student.  Tutor - student pairs are asked to meet twice a week for 1-1/2 hours each time at the LCBC, or the Bentonville or Rogers public libraries.  Meeting times are matched to tutor and student preferences, and are quite flexible to accommodate vacations and other needed time-off.    LCBC provides all learning materials and ongoing support to tutors as they work with students.

FYI—You need not be a school teacher or a college graduate, or speak a second language to become a volunteer tutor

I want to help a literacy council, but tutoring is not for me.  That's ok.  The Literacy Council of Benton County needs volunteers for other duties, such as fundraisers or help with office work.  You may also want to consider being a member of LCBC’s Advisory Council or Board of Directors.

Invest in Literacy.   The Literacy Council of Benton County is funded through United Way of Northwest Arkansas, state and federal funding, and private contributions.  Your tax-deductible gift to the LCBC helps buy instructional materials for tutor – student pairs, and helps maintain LCBC classrooms, computer labs, and office materials.  Your investment in the Literacy Council of Benton County helps change lives!