History of Literacy Volunteers of America.

• Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA) was founded in 1962 by Ruth Johnson Colvin as a small grassroots effort to wipe out illiteracy in Syracuse, New York.
• The Buffalo & Erie County Literacy Volunteers of America/Buffalo and Erie County affiliate was founded in 1965.
• Literacy Volunteers of America/Buffalo and Erie County offered two core programs: Basic Literacy & English Language Learning.
• Literacy Volunteers of America merged with Laubach Literacy International in late 2002 and create a “Literacy Superpower” consisting of nearly 1,400 affiliates. The new parent organization is called ProLiteracy America. As a result of this name change, our affiliate became known as “Literacy Volunteers of Buffalo and Erie County”