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The moment social-distancing became critical, Seeds had to adapt — and quickly! In just one week, the staff put together two options that would allow students to maintain the one-to-one connection that is the hallmark of our program. Let’s take a look at the options and compare them. TELE-TUTORING: Short …

Dear Seeds Family, Over the course of the last two weeks, we’ve seen a significant amount of change unfold as the world, our country, and local communities, have battled with an unprecedented pandemic. Unfortunately, Seeds of Literacy is not immune to its effects. This fiscal year, with the full support …

About 25 Seeds of Literacy students, staff and tutors gathered at Seeds East on Kinsman Road on Friday, Feb. 21 to #SpreadTheLoveForSeeds, a service event with the goal of promoting awareness of Seeds of Literacy and student recruitment. The volunteers gave up their Friday morning and took to the streets …

Seeds of Literacy was honored on Jan. 29 with a donation from New Community Bible Fellowship, located in Cleveland Heights and led by Senior Pastor and Founder Pastor Kevin James, along with Executive Director of Ministries Elder Charles Domingue. The gift was made as part of New Community Bible Fellowship’s …

Seeds of Literacy and its President and CEO Bonnie Entler received the award for Local Excellence in Advocacy for the 2020 Coalition on Adult Basic Education National Awards. Entler and Seeds were honored for their advocacy on behalf of the organization’s students and adult education. In 2018, the State of …

By Carmine StewartVice President of Programming, Seeds of Literacy Seeds of Literacy is now offering a series of “Tutor Touch-up” training sessions. All of our tutors complete a six-hour training course before they begin tutoring. This initial tutor training helps to paint the big picture of the need for adult …

By William HallalSeeds of Literacy Digital Coordinator At this point, it’s a tired but true observation: you need computers to do a lot of things. You need computer knowledge to send emails, apply for jobs, and even take the GED. Here at Seeds, we want to make sure our students …

Happy New Year and to our students and tutors, welcome back to school at Seeds of Literacy! This past year has been an exciting transitional year for Seeds of Literacy, finding Seeds in a much different place then in January 2019. This difference is a good thing that will hopefully …

Seeds of Literacy’s Kinsman Road location, known affectionately as “Seeds East,” had its fifth anniversary in September, but the official celebration was held Nov. 21. The “birthday party” for Seeds East included cake, doughnuts, fruit, party favors, a scavenger hunt and of course, singing happy birthday to the site. You …

Seeds of Literacy was awarded a $5,000 grant from the CareSource Foundation, which will be used to aid and potentially expand Seeds of Literacy’s programing for its students. The grant was awarded Nov. 14 to Seeds of Literacy and its President and CEO, Bonnie Entler, and will be used to …