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

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.