Donate to Support Literacy

Ozarks Literacy Council (OLC) has been sharing the gift of literacy in southwest Missouri since 1968. Our mission is to raise awareness and promote literacy through free services to adults and children. We teach people to read. Reading changes lives. We are proud of our students. Improving reading skills allowed them to: gain employment, assist with their child’s homework, get a driver’s license, and even going to college.

GIVE THE GIFT OF LITERACY

Your support helps us provide FREE tutoring for school-age children and adults in the Springfield area.  We also provide free books and classroom readers to elementary children through our Reading Resource program and to preschoolers who are enrolled in programs that focus on serving those from lower-incomes.   Additionally, we give out many books at community events to all children to help them grow both their personal libraries and their appreciation for reading. Making a difference starts with change, and your dollars and cents can go a long way to empower someone’s future through literacy. 

Poetry contest (4/1 -4/21) entry fees can be paid here.

Poetry contest is April 1-21. Each entry is $7, max of 4 entries

Will you give $23 per month for 2023 to support a reader?

If 12 people donate $23 per month for 12 months, we can provide : 144 readers with one month of necessary materials for tutoring

Please consider supporting OLC with a monthly gift. Your donation will assist with the continuation of our literacy programs.

  • $12 will provide two books to a student
  • $23 will provide one month of reading/tutoring materials for one student
  • $50 will sponsor one #bookit student for one year
  • $100 will sponsor two #bookit students for one year
  • $240 will sponsor one preschool classroom for the school year 
  • $500 will assist with office expenses, insurance, and website maintenance
  • $850 will sponsor one elementary #bookit classroom for one school year

Run for Reading 5k Sponsorships and donations can be made here.

Presenting, $5000 / Swag, $2000 / Refreshment, $1000 / Barricade, $500 / Games or Runner, $250 / Trivia stop or Couch potato, $100 /

In-Kind Donations

Printer paper

White and colored card stock

File folders

Marketing banner for events

Table cloth with our logo/name

2 Gallon “zip lock” bags

Bottled water 

Tribute Donation

Don’t know what to get for that hard to buy person who loves to read?  Want to memorialize a loved one?  Consider making a donation in their name.

Just click on the heart below to make a donation. Include  information in the notes about the person being honored.

HOST A BOOK DRIVE

Ozarks Literacy Council is always in need of NEW or GENTLY USED books to give to those who need them most, the children in our community.

Is your company or organization looking for ways to give back? Consider hosting a book drive to collect new or gently used books for Ozarks Literacy Council. Contact us at info@ozarksliteracy.org to find out the current need and how you can help fill our bookshelves!

Ozarks Literacy Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization promoting literacy by providing free resources and services to adults and children in Southwest Missouri since 1968. Our free programs (One-On-One Tutoring, Preschool Readings, Reading Resource program and Book Distributions) raise awareness and promote literacy.