September 2026
Hello LitNet Tutors (and prospective ones too!)
LitNet tutors are the heart and soul of our organization. We want to express our deep gratitude to our amazing corps of tutors for generously contributing your time and talent in supporting our wonderful LitNet learners. Without you, there would be no LitNet.
LitNet is an extremely active community! In 2025, we were able to partner with a total of 360 adult learners who came to us ready to open new doors. We also supported 152 parents and students in our first-gen college support program in the form of 1:1 tutoring, Pathway to College workshops, and college campus field trips, and we had 32 participants in our 2nd annual Career Expo. This is a total of 544 individuals!
Currently, we are serving 200+/- learners, with 30 (and more coming daily!) on our learner waitlist. These are brave Berkshire County adults who are working to learn or improve their English, to achieve a high school equivalency diploma, or to work toward their path to citizenship.
We are serving a record number of learners simultaneously. It is impressive because it means over 190+/- tutors– volunteers from our own community are willing to give their time to work with someone else in our community to open new doors. We do continue to host a waiting list of interested learners, but fortunately, we continue to onboard new volunteers, so that no learner has had to wait too long to begin to transform their lives.
We now have the LitNet Learning Center in Pittsfield! This is directly related to the growing need in Central and North Berkshire County. Our inquiries from new learners have increased in the short few weeks we have been in our Pittsfield hub. We are eager to continue to grow our already robust corps of volunteers. LitNet plans to be in places where we can share more about what we do with potential volunteers in Pittsfield, Dalton, Lanesborough, and Williamstown.
We are grateful to our tutors who have served as a LitNet tutor for many years, some for a few years or months, and some are even newer. In 2025, we learned from new tutor intake forms that the most common way new tutors hear about LitNet is through word of mouth from you, our tutor pool. This means your testimonials about your experience matter, have an impact, and inspire others. Keep spreading the word! We always need new tutors….and who better to tutor with us than your friends, family, colleagues, or neighbors?
Keep your eyes on the LitNet Events calendar for meet-ups, trainings, and celebrations. We always love being in a room with you all, whether there are 5 tutors or 150 of you! LitNet tutors are the best of the Berkshires for sure!
Thank you all for your part in transforming lives. We are so very grateful to our tutors. What would we be without you?
With a heart full of gratitude,
Leigh Doherty
Executive Director
