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| LITERACY PARTNERS OF QUEBEC | JUNE 2003 | VOLUME 9 • ISSUE 3 | PG. 2 |
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| Raise-a-Reader Grants LPQ ‘s share of the 2002 Raise-a-Reader campaign amounted to $25,930.83. This campaign sponsored by Canwest/Global and The Gazette, is a national annual fundraising program that is held to support and encourage literacy for children. LPQ members were invited to submit proposals describing their Family Literacy programs. A committee of LPQ considered these proposals, and the following projects were awarded grants: •
Family Ties Family Literacy Training Continues at LPQ LPQ’s series of Family Literacy Training sessions continued on Friday, May 9, 2003 when participants attended sessions in Family Literacy Awareness and Training in Volunteer Management. Workshop
presenter, Gillian di Vito shared her solid expertise and discussed
a number of topics including Family Literacy in Daily Life;
Literacy Ideas: Fact or Fiction; How Children Acquire Language
and Supporting Adult Clients Whose Literacy Skills are Low. Family Literacy Training will continue in the fall. Members of LPQ are encouraged to submit notices of events or news of your organization. The newsletter is published four times annually--at the end of September, December, March and July. If you would like your notice included, please mail or fax it to the LPQ office by the first of the month or before. This will ensure that your notice is included in the next issue. Take advantage of this means of communicating with other members of the literacy community.
LPQ Office Hours Visit our website at httm://www.nald.ca/lpq.htm
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