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Lawyers for Literacy
Helping Reduce Juvenile Crime . . . One Book at a Time.
85% of juveniles in the criminal system have below-average
reading skills. --
U.S. Dept. of Education and other reading materials
in their environment. -- National Center for Education Studies.
Overview for 2026-20027 School Year
If you would like to
tutor with us, please email
now to
Office@LawyersForLiteracy.org
- December 17, 2026 - Kickoff Social
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Social gathering of tutors, sponsors, and school
leaders 5:30pm-7:30pm in St. Petersburg
- December 2026 - Past &
Prospective tutors choose their school from the
schedule
- January 2027 - One-hour
New-Tutor Orientations
held on various days and times
- January 14, 2027 -
Schools each informed of the names of tutors coming to help
- Tutoring starts
the week beginning February 1, 2027 and
goes through the week that
ends April
23, 2027. Tutoring
series is once-a-week for 11 weeks at 16 public elementary schools
located in St. Petersburg, Gulfport, Clearwater,
Seminole, Safety Harbor, and Tampa, Florida.
Our Story: Assisted by volunteer lawyers, judges, and other professionals in
our community, Lawyers for Literacy has helped over 1600 struggling
third-graders to pass the reading portion of the Florida 3rd grade reading
/ language arts exam and build a foundation for future success.
We chieve this goal in two ways:
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offering one-to-one tutoring in reading,
vocabulary and grammar
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providing a personal library of books to
each participating child which they keep to start their own home
library
Read more about Lawyers For Literacy…
Calling all Tampa Bay Lawyers, Judges, Paralegals, Law Students,
and other legal as well as non-legal professionals:
One does not have to be an attorney to tutor - other professionals
active or retired are most welcome.
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Involvement in Lawyers for Literacy requires a limited amount of your time—just
1 hour a week for 11 weeks
February through April.
- Your time and support could determine whether or not
a child is promoted to the fourth grade.
- Tutoring a child is a proactive and preventive way to help keep kids out of the criminal justice system later on in life.
- Your assistance and time commitment can leave a lasting impression on a child who may not have many positive role models in his or her life.
Read more about how you can get involved …
For Lawyers for Literacy Schools:
- This is a free service.
LFL raises money to purchase and provide books and reading
improvement materials which the students get to keep.
- Schools select students that are within the
LFL guideline of needing a little bit of help.
- Tutoring sessions conform to a routine that
LFL has developed with the schools
- Tutoring is over the school and tutor lunch
hour. Tutors sign up for the school, day and time that works in
their schedule. Typically 5-10 tutors serve at a school.
Thank you!
We would like to thank the following for their generous donations and
sponsorships:
- Larry & Maureen Ahern
- Steve and Gloria Angel
- Cohen & Feuer Arty
- Banker Lopez Gassler
- Mike and Barbara Brentnell
- Amy Bryant
-
Melissa
Byers
- Cakes By Carolynn, St Petersburg
- Centennial Bank
- Certa Pro Painters
- Behiye and Rahul Chettri
- Mark Chin, Chinn & Associates
- Amanda Clapp
- Andrew Collinson
- Community Foundation - Tampa Bay
- Michael Conway, Conway Commercial Photography TecTao Designs Web Design
- Shane and Gabby Cunningham
- Robert & Laura Craven
- Jack & Nancy Day
- Denmon Pearlman Trial Lawyers
- Bruce Denson
- Christine Derr & Richard Moore
- Robert & Jillian Doyle
- Courtney & Charles Douglas
- Doyle Wealth Management
- Christine Derr & Richard Moore
- Charles & Courtney Douglas
- DHM Construction Services
- 2026 School Sponsor, Pasadena
Fundamental,
St Pete
Heather & Dan Morin
- 2026 School Sponsor,
Sexton Elementary,
St Pete
- John Dixon
- Robert & Jullian Doyle
- John & Patti Farese
- Neil Flaxman
- Hon. Marion Fleming & Father Peter
Fleming-2026 School Sponsor, New Heights
Elem.
- David and Marsha Gemmer
- Christian Giblin
- Greene & Greene - 2026 School Sponsor,
Bear Creek Elementary, St Petersburg
- Linda Suzzanne Griffin, P.A.
- Dana Greenbaum, PA - 2026 School Sponsor,
Jamerson Elementary,
St Petersburg
- Rev. Donna Guillaume
- Carla Turner-Hahn
- Tom Smith and Sue Hanna
- Paul and Sandra Hardin
- Harris, Hunt & Derr P.A.
- 2026 School Sponsor, Roland Park
Magnet, Tampa
- Liz and Larry Heinkel
- 2025 School Sponsor, Shore Acres
Elementary, St Petersburg
- Heinkel Tax Law Group
- Diana Holmes
- Beth Houghton & Scott Wagman
- 2026 School Sponsor, Jamerson
Elementary, St Pete
- Kathyrn Hynes
- Lisa and Scott Johni
- Law Office of Scott Johni, PA
- Chad Johnson
- Junior League of St. Petersburg
- Koch & Hoffman, P.A.
-
Little Big Page publishers
/ Magdalene Ward
- The Honorable Lorraine Kelly
- Kiwanis Club of St. Petersburg
- Koch, Smith &
Hoffman, PA
- Douglas M. Lampe
- Ken and Lynn Lark
- Dan and Silvia Leeper
- Leeper & Leeper, PA
- Legacy Protection Lawyers, LLP -
2026 School Sponsor, Sanderlin Elementary .
St Pete
- Alecia and Sean Lobianco
- Jim Longstreet
- Bill and Ria McQueen
- Barbara Marshall
- Simone Marstiller
- Patricia Martin
- Tim Miller
- Isabel Moore
-
David Moran
-
Joe and
Cheryl Murphy
- Barbara Pacholec, M.D., P.A.
& Mike Brentnell
- Kathleen Peters
- Mark Powers
- Maria Rawls
- Dr. Mark & Leslie Ritch
- Kimberly Rodgers
- Rotary Club of St Petersburg
- Ken A. Scaz - 2026 School
Sponsor, Macfarlane Park Elementary, Tampa
- San Marco & Associates Private Investigators, Inc.
- Bill & Beatriz Schneikert
- Schnick Family Foundation
- Jeanette Secor P.A.
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2026 School Sponsor, Gulfport Elementary, Gulfport
- Clark & Anne Smith
- St. Petersburg Association of Legal Support Specialists
- Peter & Jennifer Strawser
- Rhett & Marshal Stevens
- Kate Taylor
- Trinicon, LLC
- Tranquil Shores
-
Andrea and Peter Truslow
- Laurie Valentine
- William Weller and Cynthia Smoot-Weller
- Penny Weston
- Amber Flaxman Young
Many thanks to our community sponsors for supporting
young student literacy in our area.
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