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Eastern Shore Literacy Council Seeks Volunteer Literacy Tutors The Eastern Shore Literacy Council seeks volunteers willing to change the lives of local adults by helping them achieve basic reading, writing, and/or speaking skills. Previous teaching experience is not necessary. Tutor training is offered at no cost. After successfully completing training, volunteers are paired with an adult learner. A tutor and learner generally meet once or twice weekly for one to two hours each meeting. The results are life-changing for an adult who has struggled. A free tutor training will be held on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The training will be held at Eastern Shore Community College in the Workforce Development Services Building. Registration deadline is August 26.  The Eastern Shore Literacy Council seeks volunteers willing to change the lives of local adults by helping them achieve basic reading, writing, and/or speaking skills. Previous teaching experience is not necessary. Tutor training is offered at no cost. After successfully completing training, volunteers are paired with an adult learner. A tutor and learner generally meet once or twice weekly for one to two hours each meeting. The results are life-changing for an adult who has struggled. A free tutor training will be held on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The training will be held at Eastern Shore Community College in the Workforce Development Services Building. Registration deadline is August 26. Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer tutor should call (757) 789-1761 or email esliteracy@gmail.com to register.  Effective July 1, Virginia will fund 50% of the costs of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.7/3/2022 Effective July 1, Virginia will fund 50% of the costs of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. This support will make it possible for affiliates, like the Literacy Council to reach out to more children. The Imagination Library was established 27 years ago by Dolly Parton in honor of her father. Children age birth to 5 years registered in the program receive an age-appropriate book mailed to their home each month at no cost to their families. A few of the imagination Library goals are to build "home libraries' for children, adopt a love of reading and improve school readiness. A big thank you goes to House of Delegates member Matt Fariss (59th District) who submitted a Budget Amendment in January to have Virginia provide 50% funding and championed the Amendment through the budget process. and to Lynda Harrill, QuickStart Tennis of Central Virginia founder and QuickStart Coordinator who was an active proponent. Many thanks to all members of the House of Delegates and Senate, including our local representatives and Governor Younkin for their support. More than 2,400 children are age eligible on the Eastern Shore. More than 500 local children are receiving an age-appropriate book each month and 62 local children have graduated from the program since the Eastern Shore Literacy Council began sponsoring the program in September 2021. To sign a child up for the Imagination Library visit www.imaginationlibrary.com.  Walmart Gives to Eastern Shore Literacy Council
The Eastern Shore Literacy Council announces the receipt of a $1,000 grant from Walmart Giving! The grant was awarded by the Walmart Community Grants Team and store manager for Walmart Store #4378 in Onley, Virginia. The funds will be used throughout 2022 to send an early reader chapter book to each five-year old graduate of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. Walmart believes in strengthening local communities and empowers each store to support local community programs. Each year, U.S. stores award local grants ranging from $250 to $5,000 to address the unique needs of a variety of local organizations and the community. The Eastern Shore Literacy Council, a Dolly Parton Imagination Library sponsor, covers the cost of an age-appropriate book and mailing each month to any registered age-eligible child residing on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. To register visit www.imaginationlibrary.com. Eastern Shore Literacy Council
29316 Lankford Hwy., P.O. Box 228, Melfa, VA 23410 Contact: Rose Rulon Phone: 757-789-1761 director.esliteracy@es.vccs.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 3, 2022 Eastern Shore Literacy Council Receives Grant The Eastern Shore Literacy Council was recently awarded a ten-thousand dollar ($10,000.00) grant from the Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation to support the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails new, high-quality, age-appropriate books to children from birth to age five, no matter their family’s income. The program is designed to inspire a love of reading and learning in young children and provided with hopes that adults and children spend hours enjoying special time together. The Imagination Library, started in 1995, mails nearly two million books each month to children worldwide. Local “Champions” are sponsors, acting as administrators, raising funds to cover the costs of mailing and promoting the program. The Eastern Shore Literacy Council became a Dolly Parton Imagination Library affiliate and champion in September 2021. As an affiliate, the Eastern Shore Literacy Council registers children, pays the wholesale cost of books and mailing, and builds community knowledge about the program. An estimated 2,400 children in Accomack and Northampton counties are eligible to receive free books through the Imagination Library. This grant from the Perdue Foundation will enable the Eastern Shore Literacy Council to continue and expand the program. The Perdue Foundation strives to strengthen the communities where Perdue Farms associates live and work by focusing its efforts on education, agriculture, the environment, health and social services, and fighting hunger and poverty. The Eastern Shore Literacy Council has been providing adult basic education and English as a Second Language to adults for three and a half decades. For more information or to donate to the Eastern Shore Literacy Council call 757-789-1761, email esliteracy@gmail.com or visit www.shoreliteracy.org. To register a child for the Imagination Library visit www.imaginationlibrary.com or email . We wish to thank all the sponsors for this year's Flags for Heroes, honoring their heroes:Becky Chew
Peggy and Kevin Keating Connnie Campbell CBBT Paige Addison John Henderson Davis Disposal Rose Rulon Rhonda Marsh Wachapreague Vol FD A&N Title and Settlement Diane King Karen Morris Maribeth Haines Jan Andrejco Hundreds of American flags flying in the wind is a breathtaking sight. Be part of our tribute to the everyday heroes in our lives, our community first responders. This is your chance to say “Thank You” to those who put service above self. Flags will be on display, at the Eastern Shore Family YMCA in Onley, starting November 6 and will remain on display until November 14. Last year 126 heroes were honored. As we remember the events of September 11, 2001 may we never forget the 403 first responders who put service above self. Let us pay tribute to them and all who serve by honoring our own first responders. Individuals, businesses, corporations and non-profits can sponsor a flag or more in honor or memory of an individual or department. Flags for Heroes is organized and presented by the Eastern Shore Literacy Council, a 501c (3) non-profit organization. Proceeds from Flags for Heroes will be used to provide free tutoring to adults who want to improve reading skills and to support the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, a free book gifting program for children in Accomack and Northampton counties. The cost of a single flag sponsorship is $10. In addition to here, Sponsorship forms can also be found at many local businesses. We will be adding their names to this post, so check back soon. Honor an Eastern Shore first responder. Reserve your flag today. Deadline is October 20.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 09/14/2021 Contact: Rose Rulon Eastern Shore Literacy Council 757-789-1761 esliteracy@gmail.com BUILD YOUR CHILD’S HOME LIBRARY WITH FREE BOOKS Inspire a love of reading! Melfa, VA: Inspire a love of reading and get up to 60 books for your child, thanks to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. Dolly Parton’s international Imagination Library program is now available to children in Accomack and Northampton Counties. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a remarkable program designed to inspire the love of reading and learning in children. Dolly understands that reading is key to a strong education and that a child’s imagination is the center of dreams and creativity. By combining the two, the Imagination Library program inspires children to dream more, learn more, care more and be more. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails FREE books to children’s homes. All children from birth until they turn five years old are eligible. The ESLC is working to guarantee children in our community gain a love of reading early on. The Imagination Library books are carefully selected by Dolly and her staff to be age appropriate. Many come with suggestions to the reader on how to best enjoy the book with their child. Dolly provides the books with hopes that the adults and children spend hours enjoying their special time together. As a parent or caregiver, reading with your child is the most important activity that you can do to help set them up for future success. The ESLC became a local affiliate of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library after receiving a start-up grant from the Nora Roberts Foundation. For this first year there will be a cap of 120 children, but next year the number will be raised pending additional funding. According to Rose Rulon, ESLC Executive Director, the Council introduced the program to children on the Eastern Shore, after being approached by David Nees, Chincoteague Kiwanis Club member, who noted the success of the Imagination Library program on Chincoteague Island. To register a child, parents and guardians can submit a registration form to the ESLC. Forms can be downloaded from the program’s website shoreliteracy.org, requested by emailing dollyfreebooks@gmail.com or by calling the office at 757-789-1761. To register through the website, visit imaginationlibrary.com and click the “Availability” button and follow the steps. Since launching in 1995, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has become the preeminent early childhood book gifting program in the world. The flagship program of The Dollywood Foundation has gifted well over 165 million free books in Australia, Canada, The Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom and the United States. The Imagination Library mails more than 1.8 million high-quality, age-appropriate books each month to registered children from birth to age five. Dolly envisioned creating a lifelong love of reading, inspiring them to dream. The impact of the program has been widely researched and results suggest positive increases in key early childhood literacy metrics. Penguin Random House is the exclusive publisher for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. For more information, please visit imaginationlibrary.com. ### |
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