Volunteer Spotlight
Volunteer Profile: Linda Augustyn Spreads a Passion for Education
Longtime Oak Park resident Linda Augustyn recently retired from a career in teaching, but that hasn't stopped her passion for education.
Some teachers can't ever give up teaching. Linda Augustyn, a 26-year resident of Oak Park is one of them. Even after working as an English Department Chair and teacher at Proviso West High School, and as a reading specialist at Downers Grove North High School for over twenty years, she never lost her passion for education. She retired in June last year, but found that she just couldn't sit still. Soon after retiring, she began working as a volunteer with the Chicago-based bookstore and literacy nonprofit Open Books and with the Better Boys Foundation. All that, and she still finds time to help students in Oak Park and Downers Grove with their college admission essays. A volunteer that does this much to help the community deserves a moment…
