Oklahoma Health Literacy Clearinghouse
The site provides accurate, easy to locate health information, statewide health awareness focus on flu, pre-natal care, healthy eating, weight loss, etc., and information about Stanford’s Chronic Disease Self-Management Education programs, called “Living Longer Living Stronger” in Oklahoma.
www.okhealthequity.org/health-literacy-clearinghouse
Video: Illiteracy in America
At Pinepac, a timber processing plant, Wayne Hansen found literacy training.
Oklahoma City Community Foundation
http://www.getreadingoklahoma.org
Metro Library System
Ask a Librarian — http://www.metrolibrary.org/askalibrarian.htm
Books by Mail — http://www4.mls.lib.ok.us/mls/books-by-mail.htm
Library’s Guide to Resources — http://www4.mls.lib.ok.us/mls/mls_familyplace/fp_resources.pdf
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
Oklahoma Literacy Coalition — http://www.odl.state.ok.us/literacy/coalition/index.htm
Computer Lab Classes — http://www.odl.state.ok.us/servlibs/training/computerlab-classes.htm
Read Oklahoma
http://www.readok.com/books.html
We Are Visible — Resource for learning to use social media
http://wearevisible.com/how-to-start-a-blog.html
Dollar General Foundation
http://www.dollargeneral.com/dgliteracy/Pages/mission.aspx
A legacy of literacy
Dollar General’s commitment to literacy is an integral part of the company’s culture. In fact, Dollar General’s co-founder, J. L. Turner, was functionally illiterate when he started the company.
Dollar General believes learning to read, receiving your GED or learning the English language is an investment that opens doorways for personal, professional and economic growth. That is why our commitment to literacy remains strong. It is the one gift that no one can take away—the one gift that lasts a lifetime.
Reach Out and Read
www.reachoutandread.org
A program that builds on the special relationship between doctors and the parents of young children to support children’s language and literacy development.
RSVP America Reads
www.rsvpokc.org
The RSVP America Reads program links senior volunteer tutors with elementary school children who have been identified as at-risk for academic problems, specifically reading.
Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy
www.oica.org
OICA is a statewide, independent, non-profit organization which gives children and youth a voice by speaking for them. We take their message to the state legislature, the media, and communities. In short, we act as a link between the powerless and the powerful.
Oklahoma VISION USA
www.oaop.com
Adult literacy students can sign up for free eye exams given during March (National Save Your Vision Month). Contact Pati Mahar, Oklahoma Optometric Association, at (405) 524-1075.