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PROJECT LITERACY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE LITERACY IN THE COMMUNITY
Project Literacy Kelowna Society is excited to become the new host organization supporting the work of the Central Okanagan Partners for Literacy task group. The task group is made up of a number of community education and social service representatives that work collectively to support the advancement of literacy in the Central Okanagan. Each participating…
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MEDIA RELEASE: PROJECT LITERACY BOARD READY TO GET TO WORK ON STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
Project Literacy Kelowna Society is excited to announce the release of its 2016-17 Strategic Plan. This ambitious strategy builds upon thirty years of successful operations as a local charity and positions the society as a leader in local literacy support services, now and well into the future. The strategic planning process which started in early…
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LOOKING FOR STABILITY FOR HER FAMILY – PROJECT LITERACY WAS HAPPY TO HELP
Sandra, a single working mother, came to Project Literacy Kelowna to seek help to complete her Grade 10 English. Her plan was to take a health care assistant program so she could secure stable employment to support herself and her youngest son. She knew she needed to continue working at her housekeeping position so she…
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MEDIA RELEASE: PROJECT LITERACY GETS MULTI-YEAR BOOST FROM CENTRAL OKANAGAN FOUNDATION
The Project Literacy Kelowna Society Board of Directors and staff are excited about the boost it has received with a multi-year funding commitment totaling $45,000 over three years from the Central Okanagan Foundation. “The receipt of the Central Okanagan Foundation multi-year operational funding grant will support the ongoing work done by Project Literacy staff and…
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Project Literacy’s 30 Day Cash Giveaway is Launched!
This year we are celebrating 30 years of serving the Okanagan with a very special fundraising event. Our 30 Day Cash Giveaway Raffle tickets are $10 each and give you a chance to win daily cash prizes from $50 to $1000 for the month of November. There is $5000 in cash prizes available and only…
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Syrian refugee family in Kelowna eager to learn English
Published Thursday, September 17, 2015 by the Kelowna Daily Courier, Andrea Peacock Learning English has been paramount in adjusting to a new life in Canada for one Syrian refugee family in Kelowna. Mohammed Alshahoud, his wife Sara and their five youngest children arrived in Kelowna in May. Sara and the children did not know any English, and…
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Welder William Cripps boosts his career with help from Project Literacy
Published: Friday, September 11, 2015 by the Kelowna Daily Courier, written by Andrea Peacock William Cripps, a welder from Ontario, moved to Kelowna in 2011 only to find that not all of his welding certificates transferred to B.C. While he was able to get a welding job when he moved here, he was making half the…
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WE ARE SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR RAISE A READER DAY!
Raise a Reader is our most important campaign of the year because our provincial government tops up the amount we raise ourselves. Last year that amounted to a 75% increase! We are seeking volunteers to join us on the morning of Raise a Reader Day (wed. 23rd 2015) as we hit the streets to give…
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Reading to her sons a new skill for mom
Steve MacNaull | Kelowna Daily Courier Brandy Twist and her two young sons settle down on the couch and she starts reading Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham to them.Nothing unusual there. After all, the book is a children’s rhyming classic. But Twist, 29, was never a good reader. In fact, she had never read…
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We enjoyed great press during Family Literacy Week!
Reading to your kids might help them earn an extra half a million dollars. During a lifetime, a male with higher literacy skills makes an extra $585,000 and a female $683,000. This is Family Literacy Week in B.C., a good time to reflect on the importance of literacy and its increasing importance in an ever…
