📣 Sign Up as a Volunteer Tutor!
YMCA Community Literacy is powered by caring adults who believe every child deserves the chance to become a confident reader.
As a volunteer tutor, you’ll provide one-on-one literacy support and encouragement, helping children and teens build skills that last a lifetime. Training, materials, and ongoing support are provided by YMCA staff.
Unlock the Power of Literacy with the Y! 📚
Our Y Read program helps children and teens gain confidence and increase their reading comprehension and word recognition skills. The program provides one-on-one literacy tutoring to those who are at least one grade level behind in reading. Our supportive volunteer tutors nurture the potential of youth in our community through the support of Y staff, training, and provided literacy materials. Students typically meet once or twice weekly with their tutors at a local library.
📣 Sign Up as a Volunteer Tutor!
YMCA Community Literacy is powered by caring adults who believe every child deserves the chance to become a confident reader.
As a volunteer tutor, you’ll provide one-on-one literacy support and encouragement, helping children and teens build skills that last a lifetime. Training, materials, and ongoing support are provided by YMCA staff.
Contact Us to Learn More
Michelle Peeler, Literacy Program Director
📧 michelle.peeler@gwrymca.org
Real Results. Real Impact.
Students who are enrolled in YRead grow, on average, 2-grade levels in both comprehension and word recognition in a year.
Potential students will meet with one of our staff members as part of the registration process. This appointment usually lasts about 1 hour and will include a discussion on the student's goals, availability, and a reading assessment.
To schedule an appointment, contact Michelle Peeler at michelle.peeler@gwrymca.org.
Sessions are virtual through Zoom or at a local public library in the St. Louis Metro area.
Our youth students meet with their tutors 1 hour a week for a year. The tutor and student cover the essential components of literacy: phonics, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. All materials, training, and support are provided by the Y.
No, this is a free program.
No, this program is a free program we offer to our community, regardless of YMCA membership.
Tutoring is available for 1st grade, second semester and beyond.
- 16 years or older
- Know how to read
- Be patient
- Be able to commit for 1 hour a week for a year
- Have transportation if tutoring at a library and if tutoring virtually, have a computer and internet connection.