Area schools, libraries and literacy programs use volunteers to help children and adults improve reading skills. Among them is:

Lafayette Square Community Center, 1510 W. Lafayette Ave., Baltimore, for an after-school program targeting elementary and middle schoolers, ages 6 to 14. Volunteers are needed from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays for homework assistance, computer lab, and tutoring in areas including language arts, reading comprehension and vocabulary. Contact: Belinda Cooke, 410-669-6646 or 410-396- 0344.

If your school or organization is seeking volunteer reading tutors and would like to be included in this listing, call Sundial, 410-783-1800, and enter code 6130.

Pub Date: 8/30/98