The Lehi-Rippy Literacy Center had its humble beginnings in July of 1998 in a one-room location generously provided by the city at the request of the center’s founder and current director, Hesther Rippy.

The Center is currently housed in the city library building, and its tutors and students benefit from the use of forty-one computers, along with Lexia educational software and 72 phonics-based sequentially-written readers, which provide the structural underpinnings for our reading program.

The Center is currently housed in the city library building, and its tutors and students benefit from the use of forty-one flat-screen computers, along with Lexia educational software and 72 phonics-based sequentially-written readers, which provide the structural underpinnings for the Reading Program.

Our goal is of offer effective one-on-one literacy training to help families and individuals develop the necessary literacy skills to thrive in society, finding value and happiness in their work, in their educational experience, and in their personal lives.

• In the U.S. alone, 23% of adults are “functionally illiterate.”
• Eleven percent of adults in Utah function at a third-grade level.
• Almost 43% of people with the lowest literacy skills live in poverty.

Taken from National Adult Literacy Survey, 1996. U.S. Dept. of Education

• Recognition of Outstanding Efforts - Awarded to Bill and Hesther Rippy by the Utah Coalition on Families in conjunction with the Rippy Family Literacy Center.
• Community Award - Awarded to Lehi City on behalf of the LFLC By Lt. Gov. Olene Walker.
• Presidential Awards - Individual bronze, silver, and gold awarded to Lehi youth and adults for outstanding performance and service toward literacy. Gold awarded to the Center.

As a major part of the Rippy Family Literacy Center, the community and other affiliates take an active part in supporting and providing the means to accomplish its mission. In addition to hundreds of individuals and volunteers, affiliates of the Rippy Family Literacy Center include:

• Lehi City
• Retired Senior Volunteer Program
• Lehi’s Promise
• Alpine School District
• Lehi Schools
• Foster Grandparent Program

We are excited about our future at the Rippy Family Literacy Center. It has been our privilege to work with dedicated groups and individuals. In addition to our associations with local schools and universities, we anticipate future associations in literacy with various groups and organizations. Indeed, such success continues to be found through the efforts of individuals working together for the cause of literacy among all.