Literacy Highland Lakes addresses a big need in the area, but it also has a big need: volunteers to help adult students study for high school equivalency degrees and citizenship tests or learn to read.

The 38-year-old nonprofit is seeking tutors in Burnet and Llano counties for either one-on-one help or two of the free, two-hour study sessions held each week.

Classes are from 1-3 p.m. Mondays at the Burnet school district’s Parent Resource Center, 202 E. Briar St. in Burnet, or 6-8 p.m. Thursdays at the Kingsland Branch Library, 125 W. Polk St.

“It’s a very rewarding job,” said Nancy Richardson of Burnet, a longtime volunteer and vice president of the Literacy Highland Lakes Board of Directors. “You don’t have to be a teacher to volunteer. And you don’t have to sign up long term or prom

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