Huntington Beach Library :: Wine & Words ~ An Evening to Remember

Wine & Words ~ An Evening to Remember

Open Doors: November 2015

Huntington Beach Public Library Literacy Volunteers

As the title states, it was an evening of Wine & Words, and it was so much more! Literacy Volunteers' 3rd wine tasting fundraiser was held at the Waterfront Beach Resort, A Hilton Hotel, on October 23rd, and was filled with fine wines, delicious appetizers, inspiring guest speakers and lots of auction action.

Dozens of dazzlingly wrapped silent auction items lined the wall like glittering mini stars, each sending soundless "CHOOSE ME" messages to scrutinizing bidders. The specially chosen wines and food parings, prepared by the hotel chef exclusively for our event, complimented each other perfectly. As guests imbibed, munched and chatted, they studied the silent auction and opportunity drawing, secretly hoping to win the goodies of their choice.

Of course, it wasn't all about drinking, eating and winning stuff. The highlights of the evening were the speakers. The audience sat spellbound as they heard Marisa's and Elizabeth's heartwarming stories of their challenges and successes while increasing their English literacy skills. Huntington Beach resident and author Chris Epting shared fascinating local history anecdotes, and cookie entrepreneur Jason Mercado spoke us of his journey from the east coast to the Oscars.  READ MORE !

San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego :: Yelp Foundation Gives Local

YelpFoundation Gives Local - San Diego

@READSanDiego

The Yelp Foundation is granting $5,000 to the organization with the most votes at the end of the campaign. The second and third place winners will be granted $3,000 and $2,000 respectively. Awards will be split in the event of a tie. Each nominated non-profit supports the Yelp Foundation’s mission of addressing the needs of local communities, including access to information, education, local economic development, and freedom of expression.

Your VOTES will decide which organization wins. Cast your vote daily now through December 15th. Share the local love with your social network via #YFGivesLocal to encourage your friends to vote, too!

*In the event of a tie, the grants will be combined

and the tying organizations will split the total amount evenly.

Friends Of Read San Diego is a non-profit corporation dedicated to supporting, fostering and promoting adult literacy programs throughout the County of San Diego. The organization was established to support READ/San Diego, the adult literacy program of the San Diego Public Library. We also support a variety of additional literacy programs, including family literacy, work place literacy and computer literacy.

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21 Votes

United Through Reading               352 Votes

San Diego Council on Literacy       107 Votes

After voting, Yelp will send an email:

Please click here to confirm your vote.

Los Angeles Public Library - It’s a Triple Match Part I

It’s a Triple Match Part I - LAPL Adult Literacy Services

READ: Fall 2015

A newsletter written by students and tutors.

LAPL Adult Literacy Services | Changing lives one chapter at a time

Mel’s Story By tutor Mel Nowak

I’ll never forget the moment that Mee’s young son interrupted our learning session, “Mommy, read this to me!”  He nestled in her lap and shoved a comic book into her hands.  Mee apologized for stopping our session.  But I encouraged her, “Go ahead, read that to him!”  I sat back and waited, excited to witness this moment.  Her son flipped to a page and pointed to where he wanted her to begin.  And like magic, Mee was reading to her child, bonding in a moment of sharing words, reading aloud together.  We’ve come so far since the beginning when she was afraid to read out loud, or even afraid to speak at all because she lacked the ability to find words to communicate.  Now, we fly through the stories we read, we discuss what we read, and laugh together about what we thought was funny.  Oh, how we have shared wonderful laughter!  The power of literacy and all of Mee’s hard work and devotion to learning have revealed a brilliant and insightful woman who possesses a great sense of humor, a loving spirit, and a keen and vibrant intelligence.  She is forging new friendships, and developing and nurturing an education with her children, which is something she wasn’t able to do before, yet is probably the most important thing of all.

Mee Suk’s Story By learner Mee Suk Lee

It’s very stressful for me to have conversations with parents in meetings and to communicate socially. I started the Adult Literacy Program and it helps me a lot to improve my social communication and I feel less stressed when

speaking to others. The Literacy program helps me have a strong and confident life. I am able to read books to my children and help them with their homework. This helps me have a happy relationship with my kids.  READ MORE !

Literacy Library Jobs – California :: National City :: San Mateo :: Camarillo

Literacy Jobs – California

Literacy Program Coordinator - FT

San Mateo Public Library

plans, implements, coordinates and evaluates the Library's adult literary programs as well as programs for adults who speak little or no English.

DEADLINE: DEC 28

Literacy Coordinator - FT

National City Library

plan, organize, and supervise the Library's Literacy Services Program for adult learners and their pre-school children.

DEADLINE: JAN 4

Adult Literacy Center Coordinator - PT

Library Jobs in California

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Local :: California :: National Literacy & Library Events ::: December 2015

Local :: California :: National Literacy & Library Events

December 2015

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- Local, California and National -

visit

the Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

Dec. 5 International Volunteer Day

Dec. 1+ Head Start Parent Conference, San Diego CA   #InvestinKids

Dec. 2+ LRA National Reading Conference, Carlsbad CA   #LRA15

Dec. 8 Autism Sensory Friendly Films: HUNGER GAMES MOCKINGJAY 10a

Dec. 9+ Changing America: Emancipation Proclamation 1863-March on Washington 1963, LAPL

Dec. 12 Autism Sensory Friendly Films: GOOD DINOSAUR 10a

Dec. 22 Autism Sensory Friendly Films: STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS 7p

Dec. 26 Autism Sensory Friendly Films: STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS 10a

Dec. 2+ LERN Conference, New Orleans LA   #LERN15

Dec. 2+ TASH Annual Conference, Portland OR   #2015TASHconf

Dec. 2+ Zero to Three Institute, Seattle WA   #NTI2015

Dec. 3   I Love My Librarian 2015 Award, New York NY 6p   #ilovemylibrarian

Dec. 7+ Hour of Code   #HourofCode

State Library Associations :: Conferences

ILA :: Literacy Calendar Worldwide

US Book Festivals

Children’s Book Council Kid Lit Events

Giving in America :: Share Your Photos

#AmericanGiving  Share Your Photos

Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Have you volunteered as an Adult Literacy Tutor ?

Volunteered to serve on a Literacy Board or committee ?

Helped in the Literacy Office ?

Worked on a Literacy fundraising event ?

SCLLN Tutors and Volunteers give back by donating their time, talents, and resources.

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is documenting your giving through photos as part of a new initiative. You may even see your photos in our 2016 exhibition Giving in America.        

Share 1-3 photos related to your experiences with giving back to your community.

(Only submit what you have permission to submit. Your submission must be created by you, wholly original, or in the public domain. Obtain permission from the people in the photos to submit them to this project.)

Participate in the Great Thanksgiving Listen : : Story Corps

Participate in the Great Thanksgiving Listen

Story Corps

Make a plan to interview someone you love on Thanksgiving.

Commit to being part of this historic effort. Pick a grandparent, or neighbor, or family friend over the age of 65 who you’d like to interview. Simply download the StoryCorps app, use the built-in prompts to record and publish an interview over Thanksgiving weekend. There are resources here to help you get the most out of your interview experience.

After you publish your interview, please log in to your account at StoryCorps.me and tag it for #TheGreatListen 2015 [Your state abbreviation], i.e. TheGreatListen2015AZ or TheGreatListen2015KS.  READ MORE !

And then listen.