Ozark Literacy Council

OLC has 10-15 volunteer classroom instructors and 64 tutors.
OLC’s Holiday Party

Mina, Program Director and Don, Chairman of the OLC Board
Walmart’s Community Partner Award Winner 2012
Leaders in the PIG parade!

Tracy Beckers, Co-Chair of Special Events; Don Moore, Chairman of the Board; Wendy J. Poole, Executive Director; Clariss Goodwin-Harrison, Co-Chair of Special Events
PIGShibition’s Downstream Casino Pig with John Daly pants.

“PIG SPENDER” By Mary Jo Gover
Claudia Bailey, one of our fearless leaders.
Recipients of Women’s Foundation of Arkansas grant!

Wendy J. Poole and Mina Phebus, OLC Executive Director and Program Director.
Videos on OLC…look below!
OLC facilitated over 17,000 hours

toward teaching reading and English in 2011. We doubled the teaching hours compared to last year for 275 students.
More than 11 % of NWA’s population cannot read.

One out of five Arkansans read below a 5th grade level. Picture…at our annual Volunteer Appreciation Party in February…tutors, staff, students, and board members celebrating.

Ozark Literacy Council, Inc., a nonprofit organization in Washington County, Arkansas, provides quality basic literacy and language instruction enabling people to learn and to communicate effectively.