Literacy Volunteers gives gift of language.(COMMENTARY)

From: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) | Date: July 31, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Harvey Fenigsohn

COLUMN: AS I SEE IT

Imagine coming to a new country, leaving all that is familiar and comforting: your culture, your friends, your family, your roots. You find yourself baffled by a strange and difficult language, one which you know you must master to fulfill your dream of advancing in your adopted homeland.

This is the dilemma of the growing number of immigrants who have come to Worcester in search of a better life.

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