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Library announces upcoming health literacy programs

Pawhuska Journal Capital: 9.07.2017

Bartlesville Public Library and BPL Literacy Services are gearing up to help promote healthy living in Washington County throughout the 2017-2018 year — thanks to a grant that will fund education to area citizens on a wide range of health topics.

The Library/Literacy Services was awarded a health literacy grant, written by Library Literacy Coordinator Karen Kerr-McGraw and Senior Librarian Nadine Hawke, from the Oklahoma Department of Libraries of almost $9,000.

The grant has allowed the library to offer free health education programs for the public for the third year in a row.

“The money will be used to promote healthy living in the Washington County community by providing a series of free programming on health issues from September 2017 through August 2018,” Kerr-McGraw said.

The federal Institute of Museum and Library Services is providing the funding for the grants, Kerr-McGraw said.

“The better understanding individuals have about their health choices, the better the outcomes, which is why this project is so important to Washington County,” she said.

According to the 2014 State of the State’s Health Report, Washington County did not fare as well as hoped, Kerr-McGraw said.

“America’s Health Rankings, an annual report by the United Health Foundation, lists Oklahoma near the bottom,” she said. “We rank 46 out of the 50 states.”

Literacy issues likely play a role in the low ranking, Hawke said.   READ MORE @

Canada’s Premiers Announce 2017 Literacy Award Recipients

Canada’s Premiers: 9.08.2017

In honour of International Literacy Day, Canada’s Premiers today announced the recipients of the 13th annual Council of the Federation Literacy Award. The award is presented to recipients from all 13 provinces and territories to celebrate outstanding achievement, innovative practice, and excellence in literacy.

The recipients of the 2017 Council of the Federation Literacy Award are:

Lethbridge Public Library – Alberta

Project Literacy Kelowna Society – British Columbia – Manitoba

Rosalie Simon – Newfoundland and Labrador

Lise Beaulieu – New Brunswick

Howard Lane – New Brunswick

Scott Atigikyoak – Northwest Territories

Jocelyne Boutilier – Nova Scotia

Elizabeth Dean – Nunavut

The LearningHUB – Ontario

Shawn Stewart – Prince Edward Island

La Fondation pour l’alphabétisation – Québec

Marilyn Stearns – Saskatchewan

Peter Morawsky – Yukon

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Created by Premiers in 2004, the Award recognizes the important role that literacy plays in facilitating Canadians’ participation as full and active citizens in all areas of society. The Award celebrates adult learners who undertake literacy training, as well as the valuable contributions made by Canadians in the field of literacy, including family, Aboriginal, health, workplace, and community literacy. The Award is presented to learners, educators, volunteers, community organizations, and businesses in each province and territory.

Each Award recipient receives a certificate, signed by the Premier of their province or territory, as well as a Council of the Federation Literacy Award medallion.   READ MORE @

Literacy Volunteers

Mid-Ohio Valley

Literacy Volunteers needs tutors

News & Sentinel: 9.09.2017 by Paul LaPann

Fifteen out of 100 Wood Countians do not read at a level that allows them to find cross streets on a map, read a newspaper article or understand medical prescriptions or instructions, a local organization says.

The nonprofit Literacy Volunteers of the Mid-Ohio Valley is trying to reverse this statistic by offering free, confidential one-on-one tutoring.

But volunteer tutors are needed to provide life skills to area residents.

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Dea Smith of Wood County has enjoyed being a Literacy Volunteers tutor for the past three years.

Smith has tutored young working parents learning English as a Second Language to create a better life for their families. She also has helped teenagers improve their reading skills.

One foreign-born woman sought help through LVMOV because she wanted to learn how to enroll her children in Wood County Schools, Smith said.

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Smith said an older gentleman reached out to Literacy Volunteers because he wanted to read his Bible.  READ MORE @