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Discoveries: The Library at the Mall
Thank you, Community Partner,
Thank you for your support of our book fair earlier this month! We raised a little over $5,700 for our adult tutoring programs in Anne Arundel County. These funds will make it possible for us to help low-income adults pursue their goals in literacy, math, diploma studies, ESL learning, and more. A tremendous team effort and lots of community support made the event a success.
We’re posting more book fair news and photos from the big day.
With Many Thanks,
Jane
Jane Seiss, Executive Director
Anne Arundel County Literacy Council
410-926-5797 (cell)
director@aaclc.org
The event was held just outside Discoveries Library at Annapolis Mall in the Crate & Barrel Court on Saturday, October 16.
A team of 40+ volunteers stored, sorted, and transported books, set up tables and displays, ran the event, and cleaned up afterward. We sold hundreds of gently used books and held a wonderful raffle for three beautiful gift baskets.
Westfield Mall donated the use of the courtyard space and its community center for the book fair. The Discoveries branch of the library loaned us book carts for our children’s book displays and also hosted a bookmark-making craft table for children. East Coast Advertising Specialties donated the Literacy Council tote bags that were so popular that day.
Thank you to the many tutors, supporters, friends, and family members who stopped by to browse and buy our books!
Thank you, volunteers — we couldn’t have done it without you!
Thanks to all of our reading enthusiasts for their donations from throughout Anne Arundel County (and beyond)!
We couldn’t have done it without you:
CLICK HERE for more about our fabulous sponsors and CLICK HERE to read about a special Instagrammer, Caroline Vogan (@readersandexplorers) who helped us spread the word.
Annual Fundraising Event
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Thank you for your support of our book fair earlier this month! We raised a little over $5,700 for our adult tutoring programs in Anne Arundel County. These funds will make it possible for us to help low-income adults pursue their goals in literacy, math, diploma studies, ESL learning, and more. A tremendous team effort and lots of community support made the event a success.
Read more about the Book Fair.
With Many Thanks,
“Reading tutor Jan Booth holds up one of the sheets handed out by the Literacy Council Dinner’s featured speaker Ray Williams who happens to be her student. The writing on the sheet depicts what words might look like to someone with a learning disability like Williams. They can appear out of order, backwards or like Chinese characters. Her other student, Brian Martin is just behind her.” Sharon Lee Tegler
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“I am a tutor for the AACLC and have experienced first hand the difference in individual lives when access to free tutoring and opportunities to learn to read and write are provided. One of my students, now 60, has returned to tutoring after having been aided by AACLC tutoring when he was in his 40s. Now, after raising his children and meeting his responsibilities, he is giving himself the gifts of reading to his grandchildren and writing personal notes to his infirm father.
My other student is a bright, hardworking man whose dyslexia now interferes with his career. He has been promoted to a managerial position and knows that improving his writing and reading skills is essential to retaining his position and moving forward with promotions.It is a privilege to work with these students and reminds me that literacy is a priceless gift, which we too often take for granted.”
– AACLC Literacy tutor Jan Booth
Food Assistance
Thanks to the many good people and local groups, there are a lot of new places to get food assistance and help with other household items.
Anne Arundel County has food pantries, senior pantries, and even pet pantries. Please visit this map to see food and necessities distribution locations and details.
Please also see FoodFinder for locations of local food pantries/banks searchable by zip code.
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For anyone facing difficulties, dialing 2-1-1 connects callers with highly trained health and human services personnel who provide guidance and help with a range of needs from utility assistance to legal guidance to mental health help.
211 help is available in more than 100 languages. Please see 211md.org to know all that the service offers. Calls are confidential, and there is a texting option as well.
Happy Adult Education and Family Literacy Week — celebrated from September 19 – 25. Our tutors and staff volunteer year-round to improve adult literacy and family outcomes in Anne Arundel County where the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy revealed in its 2020 survey that 15% of adults lack basic literacy skills. Support our work at icanread.org.
Don’t forget our upcoming Book Fair fundraiser and community event at Annapolis Mall!
Please plan to join us for the Book Fair on Saturday, October 16 from 11 am until 3 pm at Annapolis Mall in the Crate & Barrel Court. CLICK HERE for more information.
With Many Thanks,
Annual Fundraising Event
Saturday, October 16, 11 am until 3 pm at Annapolis Mall near Discoveries Library
Please join us just outside Discoveries Library at Annapolis Mall in the Crate & Barrel Court on Saturday, October 16 from 11 am until 3 pm for AACLC’s fundraiser Book Fair.
We’ll sell gently used books to raise funds for our free adult tutoring programs. Bestsellers, fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, cookbooks, self-help, historical fiction, memoir, and much more will be featured. Hardbacks will be $2, and paperbacks will be $1. Paypal, credit cards, cash, and checks will be accepted.
The fair will also feature raffles for themed baskets, a children’s activity, and more.
Tutors, students, and their families and friends are encouraged to attend!
We welcome sponsors for this event! Contact Jane for more information about supporting our Book Fair.
Stay tuned to our social channels and Literacy Council emails for updates and developing plans.
Instagram @aacoliteracy | Facebook aaclc | Twitter @aaclc
Thanks to all of our reading enthusiasts for their donations from all over Anne Arundel County (and beyond)!
We welcome sponsors!
Please email Jane at director@aaclc.org for more information or to inquire about sponsorship opportunities for this community event.
Thanks for the donations!
Thanks to all of our reading enthusiasts for their donations from all over Anne Arundel County (and beyond), including the marvelous must-visit Park Books and Literacy Lab in Severna Park, where hundreds of books were dropped off by customers and boxed and saved for us. Book Fair Family Night Fun Time Raffle Basket donated by tutor Sandy Deeds.
Your Support & Our Work
Proceeds from the book fair will support our free adult tutoring programs in Anne Arundel County.
The AACLC transforms lives by providing free, convenient, individualized reading, writing, GED, ESL, and math instruction for all interested low-income adults and out-of-school youth who want to improve their skills.
Last year, we recorded more than 10,000 volunteer hours in service to almost 200 out-of-school learners. By serving these students, AACLC is also impacting children, families, workplaces, and the community. Educating vulnerable and underserved low-income adults provides better opportunities for the students and their families. Students are empowered to participate in their children’s education and in our communities, improving equality fates for the next generation and helping to break the cycle of poverty.
Find out more about us.
