How do You Spell Success?
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Photo taken at Trafford Publishing of Art Boudreau with Julie Holder, READ’s Executive Director.
After the successful launch of Art Boudreau’s first novel, Elephant Mountain, in June 2005, the news just keeps getting better. Nominated by his teacher at READ, Art is the newest recipient of the Canada Post 2005 Literacy Award for Individual Achievement in British Columbia. His award will be presented to him on September 8th ~ International Literacy Day ~ at a special event in Courtney, BC.
Art is more than deserving of this honour. We are proud of him and wish him well as he gets to work on the sequel to Elephant Mountain. Well done!!
“The Canada Post Literacy Awards were established more than a decade ago to discover and acknowledge the achievements of Canadians who have made a special effort or an important contribution to literacy. Today, the awards have become Canada's only national honour dedicated to recognizing grassroots literacy initiatives and celebrating the achievements of both learners and those who have helped them learn to read and write.”
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Celebrate
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“Literacy, especially functional literacy, and quality of education represent a lifelong necessity for all and serve as an investment in human and social capital and a major tool for the empowerment of people.”
United Nations General Assembly, January 2000
Check out READ’s full page ad for International Literacy Day in the Times Colonist on September 8th.
Logo provided courtesy of NALD (National Adult Literacy Database) - Canada’s adult literacy information network.
SCRABBLE® Scramble - Saturday, September 24th
Shake your tile bags and put your thinking caps on for three “fun-raising” games of SCRABBLE®.
All proceeds benefit the READ Bursary Fund for Children.
See flyer insert in this newsletter for registration details.
Raise a Reader Day -
Thursday, September 29th
Buy the Times Colonist newspaper from one of the volunteers and celebrities (including READ staff and board members!) downtown during the morning of the 29th. The TC Book Drive is part of the nation-wide CanWest Global Raise a Reader Campaign.
In Victoria, proceeds go to the Times Colonist Book Drive Fund which supports literacy and educational programs in our community. Victoria READ Society is a grateful beneficiary.
Random Acts of Poetry 2005 -
October 3rd to 9th
Acclaimed poets will once again perform random acts of poetry all across Canada AND in the United Kingdom! You may be “poemed” on the street, at a bus stop, hair salon, construction site or your favourite hardware store.
Spearheaded by READ’s honorary poet laureate, Wendy Morton, and sponsored by Abebooks, Random Acts of Poetry received international attention in 2004. Articles were published about the week long event in Britain and in Poland.
Let us know if you get poemed! Call 388-7225 or email us at info@readsociety.bc.ca. Enter to win great prizes at www.randomactsofpoetry.com.
READ’s Annual General Meeting
Tuesday, October 4th at 7:30 pm
720 Linden Avenue
All members are invited to attend.
Please RSVP to 388-7225