Office hours
Monday & Wednesday
10:00 AM-12:00 PM,
1:30 PM-7:00 PM

Tuesday, Thursday & Friday,
10:00 AM-3:00 PM

Map to our office at the First Presbyterian Church of Norristown, via MapQuest.

Map of where to park at LCN.

Student/Tutor Coordinator
Janet Saunders

Technical Support Consultant
Terese Du Pont

ESL Teachers
Carol Bertrand
Elaine Green
Liz Kory
Robert McShea
Theresa Oliver
Tanya Lawrence

Tutor Trainers
Janet Saunders Merrily Buck
Elaine Green

Evening Administrator
April Dippolito

Board of Directors
Elaine Green, President
Liz Kory, Vice President
Bob McShea, Secretary
Ted Kensicki, Treasurer

Brooke Baldwin
Merrily Buck
Benjamin Caldwell
Netta Hughes
Guadelupe Jimenez
Andres Maldonado
Cheryl Marks
Theresa Oliver
Frances Saulnier
Kathy Yost
Board Members

LCN's History

LCN is a non-profit, non-religious-affiliated organization founded in 1984.

• 1984: Katharine Dosch and Margaret Geary represented the First Presbyterian Church of Norristown at a meeting of the Norristown Ministerium that focused on literacy. This was the beginning of what would become the Literacy Council of Norristown. aa
  
• March 1984: Martha Lane of the Lutheran Church Women's Volunteer Reading Aides program trained LCN's first tutors.
  
• 1986: The LCN received its first grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. By this time, LCN had 67 tutors.
  
• 1987: LCN was incorporated as a non-profit corporation run by a Board of Directors.
  
• 1990: English as a second language classes are begun.
• 2000: First workplace outreach program to LeBus Bakery in King of Prussia.
  
• September 2004: LCN celebrates its 20th anniversary with a gathering of past and present staff, tutors, students, and community leaders.

• LCN has approximately 100 tutors per year, serving about 120 adult learners in our one-on-one program.
• We offer evening English as a second language classes.
  
• LCN provides outreach to workers in the workplace. Our classes for workers at King of Prussia Mall teach English literacy skills that workers need to perform effectively.
  
• Our staff and board speak at meetings of other community organizations and corporate sponsors in an effort to spread the word about LCN's work.