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Quick LinksPlease Join LLRC in Supporting Room to Read Once again LLRC has chosen Room to Read as its international literacy project. Founded in 2000 by former Microsoft executive John Wood, Room to Read partners with local communities in Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Laos, South Africa, India, and Zambia to build schools and educate children. Since 2000, Room to Read has (Statistics from roomtoread.org 8/19/08)
Room to Read has earned praise for its efficiency and effectiveness. Please check its website for more information and to see how you and your students can help improve world literacy. If you are interested in sponsoring a fund-raiser at your school, LLRC can combine your funds with those of our organization and send one large check to Room to Read. Last year, one teacher raised over $300 with a "Jeans Day" at her school. This amount, combined with contributions at LLRC events, resulted in a $500 donation from LLRC to Room to Read - enough to fund a girl's 2 year scholarship. For more information, email Linda Neumann or call her at 717-560-1793. Pack up and Head Out to The Environmental Education Center At Governor Dick Consider partnering with LLRC as we support the Environmental Education Center at Lebanon County's Governor Dick Park! The center and park desperately desire more visitors, both young and old, and reading materials to support their programs. We are collecting monetary contributions to give to the environmental center staff to purchase materials that match their programs. We are also hoping to spark more interest from families, teachers, and nature lovers to get out and explore this park! For more information about the park, please visit the website. The Lancaster-Lebanon Reading Council would also like you to join us in this endeavor to link literacy with the great outdoors! Some members of our council will be joining together to read Richard Louv' book, The Last Child in the Woods: Saving our children from nature-deficit disorder. For more information about this book, please visit this website. As you bundle up through this upcoming winter months, think of April and Earth Day 2009! LLRC will be celebrating our fundraising efforts and our reading of Richard Louv's book by participating in a project at Governor Dick! Please check back to this site for more information! If you would like to make a contribution, or receive an invite to our Earth Day 2009 project, please email Karen Heisner. Once again LLRC and the Lancaster Newspapers are teaming up for another great Newspaper In Education Year. Teachers, check out the new registration for more information. Teachers participating in NIE Design an Ad/Journalism Contest need to know that the deadline for registration is October 12. All entries are due at the Lancaster Newspapers on December 7. Needed are LLRC members and guests to help read the Journalism entries. Preliminary judging will be Tuesday, January 5 and Wednesday, January 6, 2010. We meet at the Lancaster Newspaper at 4:00 P.M. and read until about 8:00 P.M. LLRC will provide dinner for those attending. Parking is free in the Vine Street Parking Garage behind the newspaper office. ANYONE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING PLEASE CONTACT KATHY GELTZ at kathleen.geltz@verizon.net or geltzka@mtwp.net Thank you and have a great year. Mark Your Calendars to Attend Some Local and National Literacy Events As a professional interested in furthering literacy for all learners—young and old—you have the opportunity to participate in different literacy events. As a local council, we plan and provide opportunities for you to continue to grow and to serve others. You also have the opportunity to participate in literacy activities offered both locally and nationally. Check out these opportunities: On Saturday, September 26, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the Library of Congress will sponsor the Book Festival on the Mall in Washington, D. C. The festival will showcase numerous authors of varied genre and welcome special guests, President Obama and Mrs. Obama. The Book Festival is free and open to the public. Please visit this website for more information. On November 6, 2009, the Junior League of Lancaster County will host an author's luncheon at the Marriott Convention Center, Lancaster Square from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. New York Times bestselling author, Wally Lamb, will speak. Wally Lamb is the author of "The Hour I First Believed". Tickets are on sale now. Please go to this website for more information. LLRC Wants to Help You Help Your Students Is there a software program that you'd love to try to improve your students reading, but you're not sure if it will work? Are there books that you could use to increase students reading of nonfiction? Perhaps you'd like to compare the choices of books for boys reading versus girls reading in your classroom, but you haven't enough books to research the difference? Maybe you'd like large rolls of paper to have your students create story maps, but the district cut the paper off your supply list? Whatever it may be, if it is something that can be researched in the classroom, classroom teachers or reading specialists have an opportunity to buy and try something new to improve their students' learning. The Lancaster Lebanon Reading Council offers a $500.00 grant to teachers who would like to try classroom research. Not a member? It's easy to join. For more information about the grant and the requirements, check out the description, the guidelines and the application on this website. For membership information, go to the Keystone State Reading Association website or contact Andy Morrison.
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This site last updated on September 16, 2009
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