Scrabble Challenge: "Success" is a 14-point word!

Thank you to the over 100 players, spectators, and volunteers who made our 10th annual Scrabble Challenge a smashing success. Thanks to your support, we raised over $14,000 to provide literacy services for adults and families in Guilford County.

Congratulations to our winners:

Individual division:

1st place: Andrew Devoid (right)
2nd place: Daisy Ruggerio (center)
3rd place: Pat Scheidel (left)

 

 

 

 

 

Team division:

1st place: The Jitterbugs ( Caroline Owens, Ken Lommell, and Jo Ann Lommell)

 

 

 

 

 

 

2nd place: The Word Nerds (Carla Morgan, Karen House, and our own Board member Margaret Rowlett!)


3rd place: Tom Lipscomb Productions (Tom Lipscomb, Jason Pierce, and Dave Ritter)

Thank you to our event sponsors:

AIG United Guaranty

Moses Cone Hospitals

O . Henry Hotel

Thank you to our corporate sponsors:

BB&T
Burney Jennings
Isaacson, Isaacson, Sheridan and Fountain LLC
Lincoln Financial Group
Merrill Lynch/Ken Anderson Group
Toleo Foundation
Tom Lipscomb Productions (and congratulations on your 3rd place win!)
Yes! Weekly

Thank you to our raffle prize donors:

Maxie B's
Salon Blu
Bryan YMCA
Edward McKay's Used Books and More
The Grande Movie Theater

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Dollar General Regional Literacy Symposium

Thanks to a generous grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, Reading Connections and the Piedmont Triad Partnership were able to hold a Piedmont Triad Lifelong Learning Symposium on April 9th.

80 leaders from the fields of education, business, and government attended the half-day session to learn more about how to promote and advocate for lifelong learning and economic development in the 12-county Piedmont Triad region. Marsha Tait and Jackie Taylor from the National Coalition for Literacy facilitated workshop sessions designed to help participants develop a vision for lifelong learning in the region.

The National Coalition for Literacy helps promote literacy through advocacy, research, and training. To learn more about how you can become a literacy advocate, visit www.national-coalition-literacy.org. To subscribe to their literacy action alerts, visit http://www.national-coalition- literacy.org/aboutform.html.

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Student Council: His Eye Is on the Sparrow

Please join us! Greensboro's Student Council will be taking a group field trip to see Triad Stage's performance of Ethel Waters: His Eye Is On the Sparrow on Tuesday, April 20 for the Pay As You Can Night. This play tells the story of Ethel Waters' life through song. For more details of the performance, go to http://triadstage.org/ mainstage/ethel/index.php . If you would like to come with us to this performance, please call Micah at 336-230-2223.

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Upcoming Tutor Training Dates

Reading Connections will be holding a tutor training at Friends Home West (6100 West Friendly Avenue). Several Friends Home residents will be attending, but training is open to all.

Training schedule:

Orientation:	Please call to schedule
Session 1:	Wednesday April 28th	10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Session 2:	Thursday April 29th	10:00 am - 3:00 pm

In addition, we will be holding a training in May in our offices in the Self Help Building:

Orientation:	Tuesday May 4	5:00 - 6:00 pm
Session 1:	Monday May 17	5:30 - 8:30 pm
Session 2:	Thursday May 20	5:30 - 8:30 pm

If you are interested in attending a training session, please contact Rhiannon Kelly (rkelly@readingconnections.org) to attend. If you know someone who'd make a great tutor, please pass along these dates!

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We are always interested in your feedback. Do you have questions or concerns? Please contact the office.

Sincerely,
Reading Connections Staff

Greensboro Office
122 N. Elm St., Ste. 520
Greensboro, NC 27401
info@readingconnections.org
Phone: (336)230-2223
Fax: (336) 230-2203

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901 N. Main Street
High Point, NC 27262

P.O. Box 2530
High Point, NC 27261

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