Daily Memphian: Literacy Mid-South hiring 100 to expand free tutoring program

Memphis nonprofit Literacy Mid-South is expanding a program that offers free in-school English and language arts tutoring for second to fourth graders. 

“The biggest thing for me is to be a vessel, make a positive impact and be an example for these young people,” [LMS Tutor Roniece] Gilkey said. “Honestly at Cherokee, it’s to be a representation of what they see; they may be in second grade but if they know ‘there is someone who looks like me and thinks I’m important, who wants to make a difference in my life?’”