What We Do.

  • Provide a literacy-focused ministry that promotes the love of reading.
  • Help develop confident readers prepared to live and succeed in a global society.
  • Work alongside schools, businesses, churches and other community organizations to implement a range of literacy programs and services for children and families.
At Literacy in the Park,
July 2019.

Why We Do It. 

LOL Founder Alma Greer.

Mrs. Alma Greer is the founder of Legacy of Literacy, Inc., a Highland Park-based nonprofit that uses her skills, knowledge and experience to support the students, families and educators of southeastern Michigan. She is a former longtime educator—classroom teacher, Area E administrator, middle school principal—in the Detroit Public Schools and also served as a School Board member and President of the Highland Park School District’s Board of Education. Under her leadership, the Board focused on a range of community literacy activities, including her beloved National Reading Month-related initiatives (such as Real People Read) as well as Literacy in the Park, a day-long event that promotes reading and is focused on fun! She does lots more but the common thread is clear: literacy in the community. And Alma Greer works on it every single day. Learn more about her here.

“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
–Frederick Douglass