Those of us at the Literacy Council who knew her are saddened by the passing of Elizabeth Derr on July 14, 2018. Elizabeth volunteered for the Literacy Council continuously since she began as an office staffer in 1988 until reluctantly retiring, at the age of 88, in 2016. She became a tutor in 1989 and...
Long-time Literacy Council volunteer and all-around remarkable woman Joyce Routzahn died on June 13, 2018, at the age of 88. Joyce began volunteering with the Literacy Council in 1976, after becoming certified as a tutor. She was an elementary school teacher who tutored many children as well as our Literacy Council adult students – she...
In September our past President of the Board, Beth Lowe, received the Daughters of the American Revolution – Carrollton Manor Chapter Community Service Award for 2017 for her many contributions to the work of the Literacy Council of Frederick County. “Beth has done so much for the Literacy Council, and it was wonderful to see...
