Literacy Nanaimo Newsletter

Community Kitchen's handbook “You Can Cook”

Pictured at the far left is Donna Kristensen, and at the immediate right is Ron Greenhorn, learners, who volunteered to help out in the test kitchen for the “You Can Cook” project. The “plain language” cooking and kitchen information book is available online at: www.NanaimoCommunityKitchens.org. We have printed out a copy of the book available at Literacy Central VI.

Scrabble for Literacy

Pictured from left to right: Anne Judson, Carolyn McWhinnie and Chris Playne. Anne and Chris raised $710.00 and $809.00 respectively in pledges for our 5th annual tournament held March 3rd at Port Place shopping centre. The tournament raised over $5,000.00 for our literacy programs. 32 players competed in 2 division, recreational and advanced. The winner of the recreational division was Margaret Callender and the winner of the advanced division was Martin Barnett.

Raise a Reader

Wayne Kuss, Circulation Manager for the Nanaimo Daily News and Harbour City Star is coordinating the Raise a Reader program for CanWest Publications in Nanaimo. He will be conducting a number of fundraising events throughout the year and is working in partnership with the Nanaimo Rotary Club to organize a giant book sale for later in the fall.

Brian is walking again

Brian, our computer technician, is in training for the Great Walk from Gold River to Tahsis on June 2nd. The walk is 63.5K. His past times have been 9:32, 9:10, 11:21 (he was injured) and 8:09. They didn't have the Great Walk last year so he walked around Lake Cowichan, 56K, in 7:04 (he placed 37th out of 389).

Brian is looking for support in the form of pledges so next time you are in be sure to sign his pledge sheet.

Note from a learner

Hi my name is Ron and I have been coming to Literacy Central VI for 8 months.

I was a little apprehensive about coming here I didn't meet new people very well but as time went on I felt very comfortable with my tutor and staff that I met here as well as other learners. Coming here has helped me to read more and increase my vocabulary. It has also helped me to take part in group discussions and feel more comfortable around other people and also more comfortable meeting new people. I would recommend Literacy Central VI to anyone who has low literacy skills. The atmosphere is very friendly and the staff and tutors are very helpful.