New Jersey Freemasons and the Scottish Rite in New Jersey have joined to support a new charity in the state, Children's Learning Centers, specializing in the treatment of dyslexia.

The joint venture is organized and planned by the Supreme Council located in Lexington, Mass., and is funded by the New Jersey Masonic Charity Foundation. It is managed by a Board of Governors composed of involved New Jersey Scottish Rite and Symbolic leaders.

Dyslexia is a birth disorder afflicting 17% of all persons! One or two of every ten persons you know may be plagued with this disorder.

Dyslexics do not process language as do the majority of persons. They have difficulty with the reading, spelling, or comprehension of written or spoken language and in expressing themselves clearly, and in communicating in their manner of speech or writing. Few overcome its effects without special help.

Young persons are the most receptive to the structured instruction that trains them to deal with the problem of dyslexia.

The program "fills in the gaps" and enables students to comprehend the spoken or written word, and to equally compete with others in pursing their education to seek a purposeful future as adults.

A summer training program was established at Burlington County College in July. Selected children were trained by means of labor-intensive "one-on-one" methods. They and others will continue in the structured training program to continue this fall through the spring. Other Learning Centers will be established throughout the state to serve those areas.

The Scottish Rite instituted program will result in the organization and operation of one or more Children's Learning Centers in each state throughout the jurisdiction.

The New Jersey Freemason's unique participation in funding the program insures continuance of the program in New Jersey