Help Reading Connections Win $50,000!

The Network for Good is sponsoring a fundraising contest for nonprofits. The agency with the most donations - in whatever amount - by January 31 will win $50,000! To help out, visit http://www.networkforgood.org/pca/Badge.aspx?BadgeId=109004 and click "donate." You can donate any amount - even $1 will help, since it's not the amount but the number of individual donations that counts. If you'd really like to help, send the link to your friends and ask them to lend a hand!

Monthly Tutoring Reports

If you are an active tutor, please remember to turn in your Monthly Tutoring Report, which is due on the 5^th of each month.  If you have done so already, thank you!  You can submit these hours by email, mail, fax, or phone.  Call the office if you have questions about reporting your tutoring hours.

Thank You!

Over 125 students and tutors attended the Holiday Social last month! Thanks to all of you for celebrating with us and making the event so fun and successful. Our next social event will be held in early summer when we will celebrate student and tutor successes with our annual awards ceremony.

Online Supplemental Training

Sharpen your tutoring skills in reading from the comfort of your own home! On Friday, January 11 th from 1:30 – 2:45 pm , the National Institute for Literacy will hold a webcast on research-based practices for teaching adults reading. This training is free and will teach you proven practices to help your student increase reading fluency and vocabulary. To sign-up for this training, visit http://www.nifl.gov/ . Please let us know if you attend this training and if you would recommend it to other volunteers.

Student Resume Workshop

Does your student need help writing a resume? Does she already have a resume that she wants to improve? Reading Connections will hold a resume workshop on Monday, January 14th from 5:30 – 7:30 pm in the computer lab of the Greensboro office. We are also looking for volunteers from 6:30 – 7:30 pm to help students revise resumes. Contact Rhiannon Kelly if you would like more information about this workshop at rkelly@readingconnections.org .

Reading Connections Site Visits

The Reading Connections staff and Board of Directors are working hard to raise awareness in the Guilford County community about adult illiteracy and the outstanding work our tutors and students do to combat this problem. We will be holding one hour site visits at least once a month to introduce community members to Reading Connections. We encourage you to invite people that you know to attend a site visit on Wednesday, January 23 rd from 8:30 – 9:30 am in the 5 th floor conference room of the Self-Help Building at 122 N. Elm Street in Greensboro. Please contact Karen Langston at klangston@readingconnections.org if you have friends that are interested in attending.

New Tutor Training

Reading Connections has over 50 students waiting to be matched with tutors. We have tutor trainings each month to help meet this need. We need to fill these trainings to capacity! Tell friends, family, co-workers, members of your book club, social group, or religious organization, and anyone else you think would be a great tutor about these trainings. New volunteers should register in advance by calling 230-2223 or emailing shumpal@readingconnections.org .

January Tutor Training

Training in Greensboro will be held in the 8th floor conference room of the Self-Help Building which is located at 122 N. Elm Street at the corner of Elm and Friendly in downtown Greensboro.

Orientation: Wednesday, January 16th from 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Session 1: Wednesday, January 23rd from 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Session 2: Saturday, January 26th from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Session 3: Monday, January 28th from 6:00 – 9:00 pm

February Tutor Training

This training will be held in Greensboro in the 8th floor conference room of the Self-Help Building which is located at 122 N. Elm Street at the corner of Elm and Friendly in downtown Greensboro . This training will be held during the day time so it is condensed to an orientation and two longer sessions.

Orientation: Thursday, February 14th from 9:00 – 10:00 am
Session 1: Tuesday, February 19th from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Session 2: Friday, February 22nd from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

New Classes

The start of the New Year means that new classes are starting for students in both Greensboro and High Point. We will have computer skills, GED preparation, ESL conversation, civics, and citizenship classes this spring. Your student can continue to meet with you and attend classes if he or she has the time. Contact either the Greensboro or High Point office if you have questions about these classes. The classes are also listed on the calendar at the Reading Connections website at www.readingconnections.org .

 

Office Closed for Holiday

The Reading Connections office will be closed Monday, January 21st in observation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday.

 

 

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

High Point Office
919 Phillips Ave, Suite 107
High Point, NC 27262
info@readingconnections.org or cdixon@readingconnections.org
Phone (336) 882-4141 or 404-3474
Fax (336) 882-4142

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