Where we meetDónde estamos
Our own center on Tulare Street, plus libraries and schools across south and west Fresno.Nuestro propio centro en la calle Tulare, y bibliotecas y escuelas en el sur y el oeste de Fresno.
Every location is step-free and has a quiet room.Todos los lugares son accesibles y tienen un cuarto tranquilo.
LocationsLugares
Children's Reading Buddies meet inside six elementary schools during the school day.Los compañeros de lectura para niños se reúnen en seis primarias durante el horario escolar.
Main centerCentro principal
2145 Tulare St, Fresno, CA 93721
Free parking behind the building, entrance on R Street.Estacionamiento gratis atrás del edificio, entrada por la calle R.
Conversation & Homework ClubConversación y club de tareas
3420 E Kings Canyon Rd, Fresno, CA 93702
Meeting room at the back, past the children's section.Sala de juntas al fondo, pasando la sección infantil.
Saturday writing labTaller de escritura del sábado
4545 E Church Ave, Fresno, CA 93725
Inside the park building, next to the pool.Dentro del edificio del parque, junto a la alberca.
Getting to Tulare StreetCómo llegar a la calle Tulare
Office hoursHorario de oficina
Walk in during these hours to sign up in person. No appointment needed.Ven en este horario para inscribirte en persona. No se necesita cita.
| MondayLunesTodayHoy | 8:30 AM – 8:00 PM |
|---|---|
| TuesdayMartesTodayHoy | 8:30 AM – 8:00 PM |
| WednesdayMiércolesTodayHoy | 8:30 AM – 8:00 PM |
| ThursdayJuevesTodayHoy | 8:30 AM – 8:00 PM |
| FridayViernesTodayHoy | 9:00 AM – 1:00 PMOffice only, no classesSolo oficina, sin clases |
| SaturdaySábadoTodayHoy | 9:30 AM – 1:00 PMCitizenship group and writing labGrupo de ciudadanía y taller de escritura |
| SundayDomingoTodayHoy | ClosedCerrado |
Holiday closuresDías festivos
Leave a message any time at (555) 017-3020. We call back the next working day.Deja un mensaje a cualquier hora al (555) 017-3020. Te llamamos el siguiente día hábil.
Design notes
ReadWell teaches adults to read and write, in English and in Spanish, and pairs children with volunteer reading buddies. Many visitors read with difficulty, so the site itself had to be easy to read before it could be anything else.
Lexend was developed from reading-fluency research to reduce visual stress for struggling readers, which makes it the honest choice for a literacy charity rather than a stylistic one. Body text is Atkinson Hyperlegible at 18px, drawn for the Braille Institute so that letters people commonly confuse never look alike. Both carry Spanish accents and the ñ properly.
The deep teal is the cloth of an old library binding, and the yellow is a highlighter pen: the most-used tool in every one of our classrooms. The ground is a very pale green-gray rather than white, which cuts glare for readers with dyslexia. In dark mode the teal lifts to sea-glass so headings stay calm, and the highlighter stays bright.
A two-tier header puts class times, the phone number and 'Se habla español' above the main menu, because the first question most adult learners have is 'when, and can I call someone?'. The language switch sits in that strip and changes the whole page at once, never mixing two languages in one paragraph.
The home page opens with three doors: one for an adult who wants to read better, one for a parent, one for a would-be tutor. Asking an adult to admit they struggle to read is a big moment, so their door comes first and its wording is as plain and private as we could make it.
"Sign up for a class" is the main action, because a class feels ordinary, like signing up for a gym. Parents get "Get a reading buddy", and donors are asked to "Buy a learner's books", a gift people can picture.
Adults learning at kitchen tables and in small classrooms, children reading on sofas and floors. No graduation caps and no sad close-ups. We chose photographs where the learner is doing the reading, not being read to.
Short sentences throughout, at roughly a fifth-grade reading level in both languages. All text passes WCAG AA in both themes, and links are always underlined or styled as buttons, never signalled by color alone. Forms ask for the minimum: a name and a way to reach you.
Every text pairing is checked against WCAG 2.2 in both themes.
| Pairing | Sample | Ratio | WCAG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body text on page | Aa | 15.19:1 | AAA |
| Body text on cards | Aa | 16.67:1 | AAA |
| Secondary text | Aa | 5.54:1 | AA |
| Links | Aa | 6.84:1 | AA |
| Button text | Aa | 7.5:1 | AAA |
| Accent label text | Aa | 12.44:1 | AAA |
| Text on dark bands | Aa | 15.19:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on dark bands | Aa | 8.01:1 | AAA |
| Text on brand bands | Aa | 7.5:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on brand bands | Aa | 5.0:1 | AA |
| Pairing | Sample | Ratio | WCAG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body text on page | Aa | 15.47:1 | AAA |
| Body text on cards | Aa | 13.79:1 | AAA |
| Secondary text | Aa | 6.95:1 | AA |
| Links | Aa | 9.13:1 | AAA |
| Button text | Aa | 9.7:1 | AAA |
| Accent label text | Aa | 13.2:1 | AAA |
| Text on dark bands | Aa | 16.72:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on dark bands | Aa | 8.48:1 | AAA |
| Text on brand bands | Aa | 9.7:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on brand bands | Aa | 5.77:1 | AA |
Designed by Greater Purpose Web. Names, people and events are sample content.