LiteracyForum Feb'10 015
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Carol Oslund (r) one of the newest members of Glendale Altrusa, invited Jo Cortez to attend the recent Literacy Forum hosted by the Arcadia, Glendale, and Los Angeles Clubs. Have you shared Altrusa lately?
Sharing Altrusa
Sunday, February 28, 2010
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Literacy Forum
Friday, February 26, 2010
Attendees were educated and motivated by guest speakers Carol Henault, Executive Director, Reading is Fundamental (RIF) and Pat Zayas, ESL Divison Chairperson, Glendale Community College.
Pat spoke of the changing demographic of ESL participants in the Glendale Community and how class registration, consistently, exceeds capacity. Despite public opinion, immigrants to this country are very interested in learning the culture and language of America. Glendale Altrusa has been a valuable participant in the ESL program for over 25 years. Members regularly assist the instructors in testing students' English language proficiency and their occupational literacy -- their ability to function in the community.
The RIF program focuses on promoting literacy and motivating children to read. Carol stressed that RIF is unique in providing children the opportunity to choose and take home free, new books to create their own home libraries - giving them a sense of ownership and pride. Statistically, students who read books of their own choosing are more likely to be more motivated, independent readers. She left us with this quote:
"A child who can read, is a child who can learn and a child who can learn is a child who succeeds."
Both speakers left us with renewed enthusiasm and great ideas of ways in which Altrusa can continue to support literacy in our communities. Whether your Club seeks to work with adults or children, there are many opportunities to get involved.
Sue Daniels and Yvonne Voisin, event coordinators, did a wonderful job planning the speakers, organizing the Clubs, and arranging dinner.
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Labels: Arcadia, Glendale, Literacy, Los Angeles
Conference 2010 Award Submissions
Monday, February 15, 2010
It's that time again!
Every club is encouraged to submit their club projects for these awards. Not only do you have an opportunity to win the award, but your projects are shared with all conference attendees and may generate ideas for projects in their own community. All clubs have outstanding projects and part of the Altrusa conference experience is to share these ideas with other clubs.
Forms for submitting your entries are available at the Altrusa International, Inc. website: http://www.altrusa.com/. Here is a list of the awards, submission dates, and contact person:
Marilyn Atwood - March 15, 2010
Dr. Beau Stocking, Past Governor
Email: AltrusaBabes@pacbell.net
Mamie L. Bass - March 15, 2010
Helyn Sloan, Service Chairperson
HMSloan@cox.net
Letha H. Brown - March 15, 2010
Tammy Fournier, Literacy Chairperson
TammiFour65@att.net
Nina Fay Calhoun - March 15, 2010
Teri Weeks, International Rel.
TeriTrees@yahoo.com
ASTRA - March 15, 2010
Marcy See, ASTRA Chairperson
MarcySee@san.rr.com
Membership - March 31, 2010
(years of service)
Judy Tharp, Membership & New Club
JudyT@iwvisp.com
Club Activity Report - May 31, 2010
Rose Tharp, Special Liaison
TharpRS@pacbell.net
Club Newsletter & Yearbook - March 31, 2010
(1 copy of each)
Sandra Moore, DSB Editor
GypGirl@verizon.net
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Three Clubs, One Focus. . .
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Labels: Arcadia, Glendale, Literacy, Los Angeles