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Did You Know?
A mother's literacy level is one of the most significant predictors of a child's future success in school 70% of mothers receiving public assistance had literacy skills in the lowest two proficiency levels.
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Adults with lower literacy skills are less likely to read to their children.
Children who have not already developed basic literacy practices when they enter school are 3 to 4 times more likely drop out of school in the long run.
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 From the Program Director
Greetings!
October brought exciting news that we have won a 2012 Top- Rated Great Nonprofit award, as well as the GuideStar Exchange Seal, demonstrating our commitment to transparency.
Additionally, The City of Annapolis Mayor Josh Cohen officially presented our Literacy Council with a Proclamation at City Hall, in appreciation for 35 years of selfless commitment to improving literacy in our community.
We graduated 38 new tutors on October 13th, and held a Follow On session for them this past Saturday. We were also honored to participate in a conference held by the Annapolis Housing Authority and in the United Way of Central Maryland/Combined Federal Campaign/National Guard Reserve Charity Fair.
Please take a moment to read Dwede's testimony on how reading has changed her life, followed by a spotlight on Ellie Morton, one
of our many incredible tutors. Also check out our Top-Rated Great Nonprofit reviews, and our new and improved icanread.org
Thank you for your support!
Lisa Vernon
programdirector@aaclc.org
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Great Nonprofit Award
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2012 Top Rated Great Nonprofit Award
We have won a 2012 Top Rated Great Nonprofit award, as well as the GuideStar ExchangeSeal, demonstrating our commitment to transparency. Please take a moment to check out our reviews.
Since its founding in 2007, GreatNonprofits has grown into the leading provider of reviews and ratings of nonprofit organizations throughout the U.S. Currently, users can rate more than 1.2 million nonprofits directly on their website, or -- via syndication -- on their partner sites, such as GuideStar, CharityNavigator and GlobalGiving. GreatNonprofits has received media coverage in Newsweek, the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Alliance magazine, and on NPR, and is endorsed by USA Today, the Economist, Huffington Post, and the LA Times.
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Mayors Proclamation
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Mayor of Annapolis Presents Proclamation
October 10th, 2012 Annapolis Mayor Josh Cohen presented our Literacy Council board members with a Proclamation at City Hall, thanking AACLC for 35 years of selfless endeavors of its members and sponsoring groups to improve adult literacy in our community.
Pictured, from left to right: Recording Secretary Mary Jane McCarthy, President Robert Caspar, Treasurer Megan Jackson, Mayor Joseph Cohen, Director Lisa Vernon, and Corresponding Secretary Thomas Vernon.
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Why We Do What We Do
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Dwede-How Being a Student Changed My Life
My name is Dwede, from Liberia, West Africa. I am married with two kids. I go to school to learn to read and write better.
The hardest part of being a student is having children and going to school at the same time. Doing assignments and studying makes me so tired. I have to take care of the kids, do housewife work, cook, cleanup. I like to do my homework early in the morning when the children are sleeping.
The good part of being a student is that I can read my bills, letters from my son's school, read my assignment and understand it. See the sound and understand. That makes me feel good and happy.
I work at a hotel where I am a housekeeper. At work, you have to write down if you spend one hour or more in a room, and why you spent that time in the room. If you can't write, then maybe it will not reach to the manager because she could forget. If it is on the paper, then when she is doing the paperwork, she will see what you put on the paper.
I will never give up in life! I just have to get my high school certificate for me and my children because it is good to read and write and to understand what you read and what you write. It will make me able to get a better job. It will make my children learn how to read and write and be able to do their own assignments by themselves.
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Fall 2012 Tutors
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Fall, 2012 Tutor Class Picture
38 new tutors graduated on October 13th, and a Follow On session was held for them this past Saturday. A big thank you to new tutor Delia McKenzie's husband, Ross, for taking this picture for us!
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"The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive."
Malcolm X
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Thinking About Becoming a Volunteer?
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 AACLC has Need for Administrative Assistance
In addition to tutoring, we have other volunteer opportunities at the Literacy Council.
We urgently need help with Student and Tutor Coordinator Support and would love to have you on our Administrative team!
You can set your own hours and schedule, and work from home, too
or call 410-798-0408.
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Tutor Spotlight
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Ellie Morton
Ellie Morton is an example of the incredible quality and dedication of our tutors. Since completing her tutor training last March, she has poured her training and enthusiasm into simultaneously tutoring five of our North County students. Because of a shortage of available North County tutors, Ellie volunteered to tutor additional students, which included a homeless woman, a young single mother with five children, a mother and daughter from India, and developmentally disabled man. Ellie added a fifth student to her roster when she met a prospective student while shopping at Walmart. The woman, who was working on her GED, soon contacted the Literacy Council and the match was made! In addition to tutoring for our Literacy Council, Ellie is a Special Olympics soccer coach, a Maryland Therapeutic Riding equine volunteer, and fundraiser for SPCA shelter animals. Because her husband Rob was recently diagnosed with leukemia, however, Ellie has taken a leave of absence from her volunteering. Please keep both Ellie and Rob in your thoughts and prayers as they face this new challenge together. Ellie at the Anne Arundel County SPCA's Walk for the Animals. "My friends and family were not being as generous as they could be, so I upped my ante- told them, "if you help me raise at least $500, I'll wear a pink tutu and a tiara for the Walk" (I'm not a fan of the color pink, nor do I ever dress like that!)... Well, $1,000 in donations later, I kept my word!
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Anne Arundel County Literacy Council is an all-volunteer, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, dedicated to improving literacy for adults in our county who have low level reading skills. We provide free, individualized, one-on-one, basic literacy and English language learner instruction for adults.
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Sincerely,
Anne Arundel County Literacy Council |
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