Anaheim volunteer gets presidential honor
Orange County Register: April 20, 2006 by Sarah Tully
Anaheim resident Linda Kricfalusi won the President's Volunteer Service Award for volunteering 520 hours as a literacy tutor, her organization announced today.
Last year, about 20,000 people nationwide were given the award, sponsored by the Points of Light Foundation and a top honor tied to the White House.
Kricfalusi, who volunteers and serves as a board member for READ/Orange County, is being recognized as part of National Volunteer Week, which starts Sunday.
Winners receive a signed letter from the president, a certificate and a lapel pin.
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
San Diego Public Library - READ San Diego - 50 People To Watch in 2006
50 People To Watch in 2006San Diego Magazine: April 2006
As director of READ/ San Diego, Valerie Hardie oversees the San Diego Public Library system's innovative literacy program, which has been nationally recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
READ is acclaimed for its successful strategies to improve language skills among the estimated 422,000 adults in San Diego County who cannot read and write well enough to get along in the business world-or even meet their own daily needs. Hardie's challenge in the coming year: to weather San Diego's worsening budget crisis and likely cutbacks in library funding while maintaining READ's excellent scorecard
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