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Bitterroot To Ask For Levy
Ravalli Republic: 7.29.2018 by Michelle McConnaha
Literacy Bitterroot will ask the
Ravalli County Commissioners to place a 1.5 mill levy on the ballot this fall
assuring the education program ongoing funding and provide a baseline for
quality literacy services.
A
brief history.
In
1991, freshman Sen. Steve Benedict of Hamilton introduced a bill in the Montana
Legislature to allow counties to levy a bill to support adult literacy programs
in the county.
The
bill passed as Montana Code Annotated 20-7-714.
Since
its introduction no county has used the mechanism to fund a literacy program.
“I
think it is appropriate for us to use that mechanism,” Stark said. “I think it
is wonderful that it started in our own community with someone I remember well.
I went to Helena and testified as a volunteer with the program in 1991, my
knees were shaking so hard and I was thankful my dress was long enough to cover
them.”
Stark
said speaking to the body that made the laws for Montana was overwhelming.
“We
are going to ask the Ravalli County Commissioners to set up a fund as the law
describes,” she said. But due to other laws, “the voters have to levy this tax
not the commission. We are going to the voters to ask them to fund our
program.” READ
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The
Brightside: Project READ
WMDT:
8.01.2018 by Erica Murphy
About
10.5% percent of people in Wicomico County don't know how to read.
That's
according to literacy rates from 2003.
That's
also where Project READ
comes in to fill in the gap for
residents looking to improve reading, math and job readiness skills.
The
program is headed up by Wynette Curtis and has been around since 2016.
"Project
READ is a free one-on-one confidential program for adults. We assist them with
literacy needs which include reading, writing, math, basic computer skills and
financial literacy."
But
program organizers, like Curtis say because there is a stigma attached to
adults with literacy challenges so many people are shy about signing up.
"We
try to do a lot of advertising, we do a lot of outreach. I go out and talk to a
lot of groups. the problem is that there's a stigma attached to being an adult
that cant read."
31
year old Teresa Werner comes a couple times a week for sessions with a tutor.
She says she is making progress that she hopes leads to a degree in the future. WATCH
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Literacy Volunteers of
Charlottesville
CBS
19: 8.03.2018 by Bo Sykes
In
this week's UVA Community Credit Union Community Counts segment, Heather
Tebbenhoff sits down with Bo Sykes to talk about Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville. WATCH
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Summertime
Service An Eye-Opening Experience
The
Independent: 8.05.2018 by Julie Blum
Quynh
Parlane could relate to some of the clients she helped this summer at the Literacy Council of Grand Island.
For
about two months, she worked with students teaching them English and
citizenship skills. Many were new to the community, arriving from another
country just like Parlane did when she was young.
“I
came here as a refugee. That’s very similar to a lot of their situations. I can
share stories from my life and how I felt when I first came. It’s been a good
way to connect with students here,” Parlane said.
The
43 year old has lived in Central City for the past year-and-a-half. She is from
Vietnam and became a refugee when she was 5 years old staying at a refugee camp
in Hong Kong for more than a year before arriving in the United States and
reuniting with family members.
Parlane
said her widowed mother wanted her and her sister to have better opportunities
and get out of the communist country. After arriving America, they settled in
Washington state.
Her
life experience helped her during her work serving as a member of AmericaCorps
VISTA, a national program that focuses on eliminating poverty. She was one
of eight adults from the Grand Island area that spent time at five nonprofit
agencies this summer from the end of May to the beginning of August. READ
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