Literacy: Spanning the U.S.
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Brunswick County Literacy Council receives $10K Dollar
General grant
Brunswick Beacon: 5.30.2017
Brunswick County Literacy Council is the
recipient of a $10,000 Dollar General Literacy Foundation grant announced by the foundation May 11 and will use
the funds to support the council’s ongoing adult literacy programs.
The award is one of more than $7.5 million in Dollar
General grants to nearly 900 schools, nonprofits and organizations nationwide.
“This grant will help the council continue to address
our county’s most pressing literacy needs,” Dot Hoerr, BCLC executive director,
said in a news release.
BCLC, founded in 1981 at the suggestion of Brunswick
Community College, is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping
Brunswick County adults 16 and older achieve their personal goals through
improved literacy skills. Council programs and services are offered to students
in small groups or one-on-one tutoring. Council training concentrates on:
Reading — Ability to read above a fourth grade level.
Writing — Capacity to write in clear and reasonably
accurate language.
Math — Ability to perform basic mathematical operations
needed in everyday life.
English as a Second Language, Health literacy, Job training and Financial literacy. READ MORE @
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Celebrating 50 years, Literacy of Northern New York
sees success in student’s shop
Watertown Daily Times: 5.31.2017
by Jen Jackson
Edith Nebie hardly spoke a lick of English two years
ago — last month she opened her own shop in Watertown, her second store on as
many continents.
Mrs. Nebie is one of many adult students of Literacy of Northern New York learning
English as a secondary language. With the help of her two-year tutor and LNNY
board member Carla Haas, Mrs. Nebie made a business plan, rented a space at 611
Coffeen St., and opened the African clothing and home decor shop Lobel Design
Coumbel Fashion.
According to Mrs. Haas, it was a matter of translating
Mrs. Niebe’s knowledge and business acumen, already garnered in her native
Burkina Faso, a nation in West Africa. Mrs. Nebie, who speaks several African
dialects and is fluent in French, has also had a successful women and
children’s clothing store for years in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
LNNY is celebrating its 50th year of training
volunteers and tutoring adults in reading, writing, math or English as a second
language in Jefferson and Lewis counties. The nonprofit serves locals and north
country natives as well as many international residents, learning the language
and finding their places in the community.
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Can You Read This?
Wilmington Biz: 6.01.2017 by Yasmin Tomkinson - Executive Director, Cape Fear Literacy
Council
More than 30,000,000 adults in the United States cannot
read, write or do basic math above a third-grade level, according to non-profit
organization ProLiteracy.
In New Hanover County, the National Assessment
of Adult Literacy estimates that nine percent of adults are
at a “below basic” level of literacy, and 29 percent are at a “basic” level.
That’s more than 61,000 adults whose skills are not good enough to do all they
need to do for themselves, their families, their jobs or the community.
In today’s modern society, it can be difficult to
understand how so many adults struggle to read. Each person is unique, and an
individual set of circumstances prevented him or her from learning needed
skills.
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The impact of low literacy is profound.
Consider the daily challenges for an individual
navigating life with limited reading ability:
Is this letter from my child’s school regarding
problems or praise?
Is the fuel pump diesel or unleaded?
How do I fill out an online job application?
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Cape Fear Literacy
Council (CFLC) has been serving adults in this community for
more than 30 years. We offer free assessment and instruction in both Adult
Literacy and English as a Second Language. We leverage the talents of
dedicated volunteers to serve as one-on-one tutors and small-class instructors. READ MORE @
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