National Volunteer Week 2009 - Tutor Spotlight: Tone Correa Celebrating His 100th Birthday in April

Tutor Spotlight: Tone Correa Celebrating His 100th Birthday in April
Read Writes Newsletter: Feb 2009

In 1996, at the age of 87, Tone Correa joined READ/OC as a tutor. To date, Tone has tutored 21 adult learners. In March of 2005, Tone received the President’s Volunteer Service Award for Lifetime commitment. In 2002, he was honored at the Sixth Annual Volunteer Recognition Awards for the County of Orange. At that time he was 93 years young with 1,400 service hours to his credit. Tone often worked with 3 or 4 adult learners simultaneously.

In April of this year, Tone will celebrate his 100th birthday and we are going to help Tone celebrate ! In April, we are asking 100 people to pledge to read one hour in Tone’s honor. You can use any book or any combination of books to meet this goal. Each of the OC public libraries will have a pledge/birthday card you can sign to participate in this exciting event.

Feel free to stop by the READ/OC office to make your pledge and to sign a birth-day card for Tone. Happy Birthday Tone !

National Volunteer Week - April 19-25

" Celebrating People in Action "

The theme for National Volunteer Week captures the meaning behind this signature week – honoring the individuals who dedicate themselves to taking action and solving problems in their communities.