Over 49,000 adults in Marion County cannot read well enough to complete a job application, understand a newspaper, take in the meaning of road signs, or comprehend written instructions. They must gather their information through talking, listening, and remembering. If they misunderstand initially or forget, that information is lost to them. They cannot contribute their skills and abilities effectively to the workplace, so they and potential employers alike are the worse for it. Our mission is to promote and improve the literacy of adults and families in Central Indiana. We pursue this aim by providing free literacy, English language, and digital skills instruction to adults through our innovative Community Classrooms for Success program. The funds raised from events across the city allow our staff and volunteers to open more classrooms, to add more seats to each classroom, and to provide more resources to our students to ensure their success.