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Parnassus Musing: 11.25.2020
Reading
with family — the kind of moment made possible by the work of the Nashville
Adult Literacy Council!
Normally
right now we’d be preparing for our busiest day of the year, the day after
Thanksgiving. And we’d be getting ready for Small Business Saturday, when we
ask our community to shop local and, in return, give a portion of the day’s
receipts to a Nashville nonprofit. Of course, it’s not a normal year.
We can’t have crowds inside the bookstore in the middle of a pandemic. So instead, all through the holiday weekend, we’ll be adding to our tally for an organization we really believe in: Nashville Adult Literacy Council (NALC). As you’ll see, they had to think fast and learn a whole new way of helping Nashvillians, and we’re so glad to hear that not only are they continuing their important work, but expanding it, too. Here’s a Q&A with CEO Kim Karesh. READ MORE ➤➤
Times WV: 11.29.2020 by Frank Jarman | Marion County Family Resource
A
few years ago I was watching a morning TV show and the gentleman who had cooked
during a cooking session on the show was asked to read the cue card that exited
the show to a commercial because the hosts were eating his food and had their
mouths full. He looked back at the folks directing him to read the card and
back at the card a couple times and eventually, tearfully admitted, “I can’t
read.”
I
still can feel the emotions I felt that day for that great chef. He had been so
successful as a restaurant owner, he had celebrities come and enjoy his food
and somehow this TV morning show had contacted him and asked him to come and
prepare something on their show. And he could not read. And worse, he had to
admit it on live TV no less. But he is not alone.
There
are 32 million adults in the United States who cannot read. Not that they can
not read on a high school level, they just never learned to read. Another 36
million cannot read well enough to get a job. And according to the National Institute for Literacy,
those numbers are climbing.
Fortunately, here in Marion County and across the country, there is help for folks who, for whatever reason did not learn to read. Here in Marion County we have the Literacy Volunteers of Marion County. READ MORE ➤➤
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KTVN: 12.01.2020
Dr.
Cletus Georges, MD, a leading medical expert and community advocate in Florida,
was recently named the Volunteer of the Month at the Adult
Literacy League after having volunteered for the league for
two years.
Dr.
Georges said he was humbled by the recognition, which he earned in September,
and he is excited to continue to make a huge impact on the league. The Adult
Literacy League’s aim is to give its students the literacy tools they need to
achieve their unique visions and, in turn, change the world.
Some students who receive support from the league aim to become citizens of the United States, whereas others would love to simply be able to follow along in hymnals at their churches. Meanwhile, some students simply want to master the science and art of reading so that they can confidently read their children bedtime stories. READ MORE ➤➤
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