BY KAITLYN CAMILLERI
Governor Rick Snyder honored volunteers and associations from around the state with the Governor's Service Awards last week. One of those associations is the Family Literacy Center in Lapeer.
The center received the Outstanding Volunteer Program Award. The center offers one-on-one tutoring to improve basic skills like reading and writing.
Mary Shelton-Wiese is the Executive Director for the Family Literacy Center.
"Well one of the most amazing accomplishments that I can point to is that in 2011, 43 of our students were able to successfully complete their GED test. And it's really life-changing when someone is able to do that."
The center has over one-hundred volunteers along with four employees.
In the past year, The Center has been able to teach workshops to over 16-hundred people, and tutor over five-hundred adults and 58 children.
LeeAnn Ludwig of Mount Pleasant also received the Mentor of the year award, however she was unavailable for comment.