Literacy LuncheonLiterally Speaking: Summer 2010
by Judi Treble, Adult Learner
I am a student at the Adult Literacy Program. My tutor Sandy Beckman asked me if I would like to go with her to the Literacy Luncheon fundraiser at the Radisson Hotel in Newport Beach on April 30, 2010.
Of course I wanted to go and share this special occasion with her. When I arrived at the luncheon I found the room was decorated with festive balloons and gift baskets for sale.
The fun part of the fundraising effort were the balloons were filled with a piece of paper with a gift written on it. You could purchase a balloon and the gift was worth more then the price of the balloon.
The speakers were Sonia Nazario and Maria Amparo Escandón. Sonia's book Enrique's Journey was about her experience riding on top of a train from Guatemala to the United States with illegal immigrant children trying to find their mothers who had left them at home while finding work in the United States.
Maria's book was González and Daughter Trucking Co. The story was about a child who grew up riding with her father in his eighteen wheeler truck from the time she was a tiny baby until she was in her early twenty's.
The speakers were interesting and easy to listen to. They spoke very well and were passionate about their causes. The lunch was delicious and the company had only one thing in mind, the importance of literacy for adults.
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