Mission & History

Midcoast Literacy’s vision is a community where everyone, from our youngest children to adults, is supported to learn to read, write, and speak English successfully, regardless of age, initial skill level, or background. We understand that the pursuit of literacy is a lifelong journey and offer a wide range of programs to help people of all ages develop their literacy skills, so they may become competent, healthy, caring individuals who succeed through all stages of life.

Midcoast Literacy is a non-profit organization based in Bath, Maine that has been providing free literacy programs to people of all ages in Lincoln, Sagadahoc and northern Cumberland Counties for over 55 years.

We have been serving individuals in the mid coast region of Maine under a variety of names since we were founded in 1970 as “Literacy Volunteers of Bath.” In 2003, a merger with two other local literacy organizations led to incorporation as a 501(c)(3) non-profit named “Tri-County Literacy” and the expansion of our programming to include both adult and family literacy services. The current name, Midcoast Literacy, was adopted in 2018.