We’d love to have your help with this important fundraiser. We need volunteers on Thursday and Friday evening, Sept 26 and 27, and many on Saturday the 28th. View opportunities and sign up online. Last year, more than 40 volunteers contributed their time to make the event a success. Friends and family are welcome to help!
Happy late summer! This month’s highlights include information about the upcoming ESL conversation group in Eastport and a new tutor training session in October. We also have great news about support from Delegate Dana Jones and a local author’s fun event that generously donated to our free programs.
We’re collecting gently used books for our BOOK FAIR until the end of this month, 8/31. Email AACLC.bookfair@gmail.com to inquire about drop-off locations. The book fair is at the mall near Discoveries Library on Saturday, September 28.
See how you can sign up to help at the book fair below.
Many thanks for all you do,
Jane
Tutors and students, please check out the new Community Resources page on our website at icanread.org. The page features an organized list of government and community resources available to residents of Anne Arundel County. It includes websites and phone numbers for government departments and services, library resources, education, employment, immigration, and food assistance.
The Community Resources page is available in Spanish.
The Literacy Council has been awarded critical local support for FY25. Grants from the County Executive’s Community Support Grant Program, the City of Annapolis, and Anne Arundel Women Giving Together will help make our free programs possible.
We are grateful for this funding that is essential to our work and mission.
Not meeting in July
Friday, August 30, 5 pm – 7 pm
Seeds 4 Success office
The group is most suited to Spanish speakers, and space is limited to 15 people. The evening features a welcoming atmosphere, enjoyable conversation, games, and light refreshments. Literacy Council tutors or students should email Wendy if they plan to attend. [click to continue…]
Literacy Council tutor and Board member Mary Austin has tutored at the Ordnance Road Correctional Center (ORCC) for close to 21 years. She is part of a team of two AACLC tutors who currently volunteer at the jail. Evelyn Rubel has tutored at ORCC for about 23 years. [click to continue…]
A new staff member joined us in June. Malena Mejia is a volunteer tutor in the ESL Program at AACLC. She is a bilingual Spanish-English corporate trainer with a background in international business and administration, strategic planning, and ISO Quality and Environmental management systems. [click to continue…]
Our fourth-annual fundraiser BOOK FAIR will be on Saturday, September 28, at Westfield Annapolis Mall. The mall kindly donates its Community Room and Crate & Barrel Court space for this wonderful event.
We are now accepting gently used books at convenient locations around the county. No textbooks, reference books, or magazines, please.
Email AACLC.bookfair@gmail.com to arrange for book drop-off. [click to continue…]
Last summer, we featured Sherrie Abel and her tutor, Janet LaBella, in our newsletter. After a year of studying, Sherrie had just passed the written portion of the Maryland driver’s license test. This May, she passed the road test and got her driver’s license.
Congratulations, Sherrie, and thank you, Janet!
ESL tutors, please consider participating in a new ESL collaboration group that two of our ESL tutors, Lea Trimble and Mary Waters, are launching. This is an opportunity to share tutoring experiences and ideas, discuss your triumphs and challenges, and receive feedback and informal advice.
Thursday, September 12
4 pm until 6 pm
Arnold
Space is limited.
Please respond to Wendy to sign up.
If this group is popular, we plan to continue offering periodic opportunities to meet and collaborate.
