“Thanks to generous grants from United Way of Moore County and Dollar General, we have resources to recruit, train and support an expanding team of tutors to share the gift of literacy with their neighbors,” she says.
Harry Pierce joins the Literacy Council staff this week as program coordinator for the Intergenerational Learning Center. This is a full-time position in association with the N.C. Literacy Corps/AmeriCorps Program. His primary assignments are to recruit students and tutors and to oversee expanding activity in the ILC, which will now be open until 8 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, and also on Saturday afternoons.
Pierce retired in 2000 from a 22-year career as management analyst for the Naval Air Force and relocated this spring to Parkton in Robeson County. He is a skilled manager and problem solver who draws deep satisfaction from helping people improve their lives. With a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Southwest University, his volunteer efforts have been focused on social service — guardian ad litem, domestic violence victim advocate, behavioral counselor, and crisis intervention counselor. Pierce’s recipe for reaching out to new students is simple.
“Go to where people live -- the basketball court, churches, community gatherings,” he says.
