Literacy: Spanning the US
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Cape
Fear Literacy Council Seeks To Bridge The Digital Divide
WECT:
6.03.2019 by Jack Bailey
Local
non-profit organization, the Cape Fear
Literacy Council, is working to help those adults who lack the necessary
skills to accomplish important tasks on computer devices, such as filling out a
job application or simply sending email messages.
The
digital literacy program, known as Computers on Wheels or COWS for short, provides the
organization the ability to bring laptops, wireless internet, printers, and
other supplies out into the community. The program began with a grant from the
New Hanover Women’s Impact Network and has been able to teach around 325
students.
Nancy
Woolley, the Adult Literacy Director for the Cape Fear Literacy Council, points
out that the majority of the students in the program are about 40 years of age
or older, including seniors, who never learned computer training. Wooley
explains that she has students who “have owned their own business, but always
had an administrative assistant and never really learned how to use the
computer themselves, so now they’re in a position all of a sudden where they
need that skill set.” READ
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LVNRV Gets Helping Hand From Home Depot
Roanoke
Times: 6.04.2019
Literacy Volunteers of the New River Valley
recently received a Home Depot Foundation grant to support the adult literacy
organization’s “Skill UP” initiative to “Rebuild Lives and Build Futures.”
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The
Skill UP project is a new initiative by LVNRV to give local adults the tools
they need for success in the workplace. Volunteers work with NRV adults to
address the skills gap by teaching basic academic and/or digital literacy
skills so adults can achieve career goals and family self-sufficiency. READ
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Library Staff, Volunteers Recognized
As Best In State
Chronicle
Online: 6.04.2019 by Ben Kampschroer
The
library patrons in Citrus County have long regarded the staff and volunteers in
our local libraries some of the best in the state. Now, they are receiving some
well-deserved recognition for a job well done.
The
Citrus County Library
System (CCLS) is very proud to announce that several of the staff and
volunteers were recently honored with statewide awards for their significant
contributions to the library system in service to their community.
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On
May 3 at the Florida Literacy
Coalition’s Annual Conference in Daytona Beach, Mary Derochea was awarded
the Outstanding Literacy Volunteer Award for 2019.
Derochea
was instrumental in the library’s literacy program in many ways, from tutoring
learners individually, to teaching Language Arts classes to groups. READ
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Literacy
Council Makes Winners in Whatcom
Whatcom
Talk: 6.04.2019 by Steven Arbuckle
When
I met with executive director Katherine Freimund, she was still flush with
excitement from Whatcom Literacy
Council’s recent fundraiser. The Trivia Bee had brought Ken
Jennings—well-known, record-holding champion of TV’s Jeopardy!—to Bellingham to
rub elbows with participants.
Every
spring, the Trivia Bee brings dozens of teams together to match wits, and see
who wins bragging rights as the biggest know-it-alls in town. And every fall,
the beloved champion of books and readers everywhere, Nancy Pearl, comes to
town to host a fundraising breakfast. These big names and big fundraising
events are key to helping the Whatcom Literacy Council accomplish some big
goals for local residents.
The
Whatcom Literacy Council has roots that go back to 1983, when a group of
Bellingham Technical College instructors noticed that some of their students
could do better in their studies if they had tutoring. Since then, the
nonprofit organization has grown to span all of Whatcom County, sending over
100 volunteers to work with more than 800 learners each year. Their mission is
still to assist adults who wish to improve their literacy skills or learn
English for the first time. Most work below a high school level, and some are
functionally illiterate. READ
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