The Mount Waddington Family Literacy Society works with communities, schools and organizations to support literacy and learning for people of all ages on North Vancouver Island.

Your donation can help provide books, literacy programming and other supports that directly benefit our North Vancouver Island communities.

We  are a non-profit support system servicing the literacy needs of the School District 85/Mount Waddington region of Vancouver Island, BC, including: Alert Bay, Coal Harbour, Echo Bay, Holberg, Fort Rupert, Kingcome, Port Alice, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Quatsino, Sointula, and Woss, with reading programs and community projects that strengthen all types of literacy, from reading to digital to health, arts, culture and food literacy.

Our programs

• The Literacy Bus
• Mother Goose on the Go programs
• Fostering Literacy youth tutor-mentors
• ONE-to-ONE volunteer tutors
• Community Adult Literacy Programs
• United Way School’s Out

Our training

• Mother Goose workshops for parents and educators
• Come Read With Me virtual workshops for parents
• Reading tutor training
• Education Assistant Training funding and support

Community Events

We bring a love of reading into the community with literacy events and activities like Literacy Fairs, Family Literacy Week in January and BC Literacy Month in September.

We often provide free children’s books and literacy resources at community events and workshops.

Read our Impact Stories to learn more about us.

Visit our website. 

Literacy successes happen with your help

We rely on donations and sponsors to buy books and materials for family literacy kits, and to support training and attend events.

Your donations will be used to help fund these local literacy programs and events.