Winnebago Literacy Council

Last night was a small fundraiser to benefit the Winnebago Literacy Council. Don't worry if you missed it. If you care about our community and reading, you can still contribute. The Literacy Council tutors people in reading from families and students to adults. Some people have some reading skills and others have no reading background. Some are coming to our community from other countries and other communities and need help to be able to fill out rental and job applications, health care and school forms. We can't help them alone, so consider helping and doing a little Christmas shopping at the same time.

Apple Blossom Books on North Main Street partnered with me as an Independent Representative for The Pampered Chef to hold a cooking and entertaining demonstration at the the book store. Apple Blossom's owner,Candy Pearson, offered discounts on cookbooks and a percentage of their sales is going to be donated to the Winnebago Literacy Council. For my part, I am donating my commission to the Winnebago Literacy Council. That amounts to 20% of all sales from last night and online by clicking on "Order Products" and clicking Candy's name through Monday or at Apple Blossom Books through Sunday. Catalogues and Order forms are available at Apple Blossom Books and by telephoning me at 233-9878. In addition, home parties booked and held in Nov, Dec, and Jan will get an additional donation of $5 from me to the Literacy Council. Call me at 233-9878 to set a date and dates are going fast (A big thank you to everyone who booked to this point).

The Winnebago Literacy Council depends on our community to accomplish there much needed services. The Literacy Council is an independent, non-profit organization.
The Winnebago County Literacy Council provides the following services:
*Promotes literacy awareness
*Publicizes literacy services
*Recruits and trains volunteer tutors
*Facilitates the matching of students and tutors
*Provides one-on-one tutoring opportunities to clients
*Provides an administrative center that includes tutoring and training facilities and materials
*Seeks funding from private and government sources

We are hoping to be able to help the Literacy Council with their wish list for Christmas. Please help us reach our goal and consider helping the Literacy Council with some items they are in need of:

Magnifying Reading Bars (5) for adults learning to read and improving their skills
Gift certificates to grocery stores to purchase food for programming
Educare Gift Certificate, Alphabet Bingo Games, Number Bingo,
Bob Books (Educare)-Phonetic based series
Animal Puppets
Flannel Board Pieces, Zoo Animals, Matching with Counting
Board Books for Infants and Toddlers
Multicultural Books for Kids
Felt Sheets/Squares for flannel boards
Various colors of yarn
Foam Floor Puzzles
Thematic Window Clings at Educare (Farm Animals, Zoo Animals)
Paper shredder
Bookshelf large 5-shelf
Colored Copy Paper
Dry Eraser Markers (wipe boards)
Staplers and Staples
Copy paper
Cleaning cloths
Lined-paper for writing exercises at Family Dollar
Antibacterial Soap
Paper Towels
Blue File Folders
Manila File Folders
Three-hole punch (2)
Storage Bins (totes) (2)
Foam Cups and Dixie Cups (small to medium size)
Napkins and Paper Plates
Ground Coffee and Candy (various types for tutor training)
Large Paper Clips and Bull Dog Clips (Large)
Binders 3 inch (5), Binders 2 inch (5), Binders 1 ½ inch (20-25), Binders 1 inch (10)
Tabbed Sheet Dividers
Black and Color Ink Cartridges (Black is 96 Color is 97)
CD and Cassette Player with recording option
Blank Cassette Tapes
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