LPQ Membership Renewal Time

This is a reminder to LPQ members who have not yet renewed their membership for 2002 - 2003. Membership runs from July 1 - June 30, so if you have not already done so, renew your membership now.

LPQ members will be eligible to receive proceeds from all fundraising activities carried out by LPQ.

Family Literacy Training at LPQ

LPQ has received funding from the National Literacy Secretariat to carry out a series of Family Literacy Training Sessions in Quebec.

This comprehensive program training combines best practices in Family Literacy and Volunteer Management and provides learning along a continuum beginning from toddler through elementary school. This training will target hard-to-reach adults whose literacy skills are weak. The purpose is to motivate them to enrich their children's lives through the written and spoken word while also encouraging them to improve their own skills.

Objectives of this training are:

• To promote Family Literacy in Quebec by providing a series of proven and effective Family Literacy training sessions to practitioners in organisations and school boards in English Quebec in both urban and rural areas.

• To provide Family Literacy training that addresses teaching and learning on a continuum for children from ages 0 - 2 yrs.; 2 - 4yrs;. 4yrs. through elementary school.

• To link families and family literacy practices in community organisations and schools.

• To work with these centres and establish a strong infrastructure, to enable them to incorporate these practices into their programmes and continue the routines this project has begun.

• To prevent the possible duplication of services among literacy organisations by creating partnerships.

Watch the mail for details and a schedule of these sessions.

International Adult Learners' Week

This year, September 8-14 marks the first International Adult Learners' Week. Declared by UNESCO in 1999 and celebrated in over 50 countries. This event will be celebrated in conjunction with International Literacy Day on September 8.

Events will be held across Canada. For information about these events, go to www.nald.ca/nls.htm.

International Literacy Day

The Centre for Literacy again held a one-month sale at the Marche de l‚Ouest from September 5 -30. There were about 100,000 new remaindered books from publishers all over North America. Book sellers made information tables available for the non-profit sector who offered literacy services or support. Events were carried out throughout September.

ABC CANADA to Manage Funding Initiative for Coca Cola

ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation is inviting not-for-profit literacy organizations, school libraries and public libraries across Canada to apply for funding from share the stories, a corporate philanthropy program first launched by Coca Cola in 2001.

Through this year's share the stories initiative, libraries and literacy organizations may apply for funds to assist them in the development/maintenance of a reading circle, or to create/supplement a children's book collection. Successful applicants for reading circle funding will receive $2,500. and successful applicants for book collection funding will receive $1,500.

share the stories funding will be distributed to a predetermined number of successful applicants on a monthly basis from August 2002 until December 2002.

For more information and a complete application, go to the ABC CANADA website at www.abc-canada.org or call Ana Oliveira at 1-800-303-1004.