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Times News: 3.21.2021 by Leigh Anne Hoover
March is National
Reading Month. Most people in the
Kingsport community are familiar with my adult literacy student, Ralph Buck.
Over the past several years, in addition to
not being able to read, Ralph has been battling ongoing issues with his hearing.
He has endured ear problems and hearing difficulties since childhood. Ralph was
born with a cleft palate, which has resulted in hearing issues, hearing aids
and multiple surgeries.
Over the past year, Ralph’s hearing has
decreased beyond the point of being helped with hearing aids. His ear, nose and
throat specialist in Kingsport has done everything possible for Ralph, and has
referred him to a specialist in Knoxville for evaluation to determine if Ralph
is a cochlear implant candidate. The complete evaluation requires numerous
tests, immunizations and trips to Knoxville, but Ralph is a willing and
compliant patient.
During 2020, COVID restrictions forced the Literacy Council of Kingsport and First Broad Street United Methodist to temporarily close.
All of this changed Ralph’s routine in a big
way. READ
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For 40 years, The READ Center has helped adults build fundamental literacy skills
Richmond Magazine: 3.21.2021 by Paula Peters Chambers
March may be National
Reading Month, but literacy is always
the focus at The
READ Center, a local nonprofit that
helps adults acquire and expand skills they need for personal and professional
success. With an estimated 73,000 Richmonders lacking basic literacy skills,
there’s plenty of work to be done.
“Every important social issue is impacted by
low literacy: health, poverty, parenting, housing, education, civic engagement
and employment,” READ Center Program Manager Nausha Brown Chavez says.
“Building fundamental reading, writing, math and digital skills gives people
the power to find and keep sustainable employment, lower health care costs,
increase their earnings, and lift themselves out of poverty. These literacy
skills help people improve their self-confidence and self-sufficiency and,
ultimately, change their lives.”
Founded in 1982 as the Literacy Council of
Metropolitan Richmond by Altrusa International Richmond Inc. — a professional
businesswomen’s service club — The READ Center provides free one-on-one and
group instruction to adults who read below a seventh-grade level. Students are
assessed when they enter the program and typically start in classes that meet
twice a week for two hours. Students reading at the fourth-grade level or above
have the option of working privately with a tutor and must commit to meeting at
least once a week for two hours. During the 2019-20 school year, nearly 150
students received instruction through the center.
Research indicates that 100-150 hours of
instruction, on average, are needed to advance a single reading level. READ
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Redlands Community News: 3.11.2021 by Shari Forbes
This year’s Redlands Community Read selection
is E.B. White’s classic book “Charlotte’s
Web,” first published in 1952
and illustrated by Garth Williams.
Sponsored by the A.K. Smiley Public Library’s Adult
Literacy Program, the annual Community
Read Challenge is open to all who wish to participate.
The challenge features monthly activities
related to the book, culminating in a community celebration in the fall of
2021. Illustration and writing activities can be submitted to the library and
may be chosen for display in the library or other city facilities. READ
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