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Start the Adventure in Reading

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Tutor Training Sessions

One Book One New Orleans

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• Opportunities are available all over, including the West Bank and Metairie

• Read about literacy problems in the city.

• Want to help but don’t have the time? STAIR accepts donations of all sizes. 

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Want to play a role in the transformation of the New Orleans education system? Start the Adventure in Reading (STAIR), a local non-profit focused on tutoring second graders with tremendous potential who are a year or two behind, has many opportunities for you to volunteer. Find out more about what they do here.

If you’re an aspiring educator, or just someone who has a few free hours to help a student in need, we strongly encourage you to become a tutor. No experience is necessary; they’ll give you all of the know-how and strategies to become a great tutor. Click here to see where and when you can get trained. Because the need for one-on-one attention is so great, STAIR is very flexible, working at schools all over the city, Monday through Thursday (you know how crazy kids can get on Fridays).  

Be sure to look into other great literacy programs in the area. Find out what’s being done about adult literacy problems at Literacy GNO. Also the Young Leadership Council just kicked off the One Book One New Orleans campaign. Read more about it here.