Literacy: Spanning the U.S.
Library
uses donation to start a special collection
Picayune Item: 12.27.2017 by Mrudvi Bakshi
The
Margaret Reed Crosby Memorial Library
recently received a $500 donation from Pearl River County resident Robert
Woodyard in memory of his late wife Mary Ann Woodyard.
The
funds were used by the library to create a special collection of fiction and
non-fiction books that can be easily read by mentally challenged adults in the
community.
Mary
Ann dedicated her life to education, teaching in various capacities at several
schools in Pearl River County.
Carol
Phares, director of the Pearl River County Library System, said the Woodyards
were inseparable and after her passing Robert wanted to do something to
memorialize her influence to the community as a teacher.
The
library used the donation to establish an easy to read book collection now
named the “Dr.Mary Ann Woodyard née Baker Adult Literacy Collection.”
=Phares
said the collection consists of high interest books written on a first to third
grade level so they can be easily comprehended.
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Doing the Right Thing:
Literacy Green Bay
WFRV:
12.22.2017 by Millaine Wells
You
do not have to be a teacher to help people learn.
In
fact, Literacy Green Bay is in need of dozens of
volunteers to help people perfect their reading and writing skills.
Local
five's Millaine Wells shows us the impact it can make. WATCH VIDEO
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Folks in need blanketed with warmth at Repairers of the Breach
FOX6:
12.30.2017 by Derica Williams
Whipping winds and frosty temperatures are making for dangerously cold
conditions outside, and folks in need of warmth are being blanketed with gear
and you can help give them a reprieve. Winter basics that seem like a luxury
for some.
"Coats,
hats, scarfs, gloves, thermal gear, thermal socks, mittens," Ralpheal
Gordon with Repairers of the Breach listed off.
"It's
very cold," Laticea King said.
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They
provide emergency shelter in these frigid temps while also giving people access
to services.
"We
are open from 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.," Gordon said. "Our employment
assistance program which is designed to help people who are looking for a job
or who just got one and haven't got their first paycheck we had a program
that's designed to give them bus fare bus passes. We also have a learning
center that helps with adult literacy. We are stating a health literacy class
and financial literacy." WATCH VIDEO
Reading mends sundered
families
While
incarcerated, prisoners record their words for children to hear
Times Union:
12.31.2017 by Madison Iszler
Of
the myriad effects a parent's incarceration can have on his or her child,
strained communication is one of the most devastating: trying to keep in touch
through brief visits, letters and phone calls that can't replace the presence
of a mother or father is challenging.
Several
doctoral students at the University at Albany are trying to help preserve the
connection between a parent and a child when the former goes to prison —
through reading.
Through
"Reading for Change," a program
offered at the Albany County jail, a participating inmate selects a book to
read to their child and is recorded reading the book out loud in a soundproof
room. The CD recording and the book are then mailed to their child. Book titles
are preselected and encompass a range of age groups.
"We
want to mitigate some of the unintended consequences incarceration has on
people other than the inmates," said Tyler Bellick, a doctoral student at
UAlbany involved in the project. "This is a way to foster an attachment
between a parent and their child." READ MORE >>
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