Literacy: Spanning the U.S.
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Kewaunee Co. literacy group helps with more than just
language skills, needs tutors
Green
Bay Press-Gazette: 10.17.2018
It might be common to think that literacy classes or
English as a Second Language training for adults is just about learning to
speak and read in America.
The volunteers with Literacy Partners of Kewaunee County
would say their group offers much, much more.
The group's main objective, of course, is to improve the
literacy skills of adults in Kewaunee County who feel they need help. But along
the way, the group also has helped immigrants become U.S. citizens; helped
others earn GEDs, driver's licenses, commercial driver's licenses and other
important certifications; and generally improve the quality of their students'
lives.
Literacy Partners is gearing up for its fall season and
needs volunteer tutors,
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The program has worked with about 300 adults since
starting 12 years ago, in July 2006.
"If people had to go to Green Bay or Sturgeon Bay
for these services, they wouldn't (be able to) do it," he said. READ
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Catoosa Citizens for Literacy honors contributors,
volunteers, two GED grads
Northwest
Georgian News: 10.19.2018 by Tamara Wolk
On Tuesday, Oct. 17, Catoosa Citizens for Literacy
held a luncheon to honor those who help meet the needs of GED students and
others working to increase their literacy or achieve an academic goal.
“This work is a collaborative effort,” said Shirley
Smith, executive director of the Catoosa County Learning Center. “It’s all of
these people working together that makes our success possible.”
The list of people and groups that support the Learning
Center is long and impressive, but the highlight of the luncheon was hearing
the stories of two GED students who won $500 scholarships toward their future
college education.
Mary Armour was awarded the Roger and Kay Bowman
Scholarship to help toward her goal of becoming a first-grade teacher. In an
essay read aloud at the luncheon, Armour shared how she dropped out of school
in the 11th grade because she didn’t have enough credits to graduate. “If only
I knew the things I know now,” she wrote, “I would have worked harder to
finish.”
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Joan Freeman was awarded the Catoosa Citizens for
Literacy Scholarship, which she plans to use toward studying forensics. Freeman
wrote in an essay she read aloud that while she was born in 1966, the true
journey of her life began in 2015 when she was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon
cancer. “Going through the bi-weekly chemo process and working two jobs, I did
not once ever think to just give up. As a very wise wizard once said, ‘One day
we must all make the choice between what is right and what is easy.’” READ
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Literacy Council addresses challenges to reading
KIII TV: 10.19.2018
During Education: Invest in your Future on First Edition,
we looked at how everyone can overcome their inability to read, why some
disguise the fact they can't read, and where they can pick up the skills to
overcome challenges to reading. Visit CCLiteracy. WATCH
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The Reading People Need Volunteers and
Donors
WLNS
TV: 10.19.2018 by Chivon Kloepfer
For this week's "Tell Me Something Good"
report, 6 News Anchor Chivon Kloepfer
went inside the Capital Area
Literacy Coalition in Lansing; an organization that has been offering free,
professional literacy services for more than 30 years to people in Ingham,
Eaton, and Clinton Counties.
This year, the CALC is helping 400 people, both children
and adults, gain literacy skills. WATCH
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