Dr. Joe Smith, Byesville Rotarian; Charney Fitz, Coordinator of Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE); Stevie Fairchild, Adult Education Coordinator for the Guernsey County Literacy Council; Joe Waske, Pres.-Elect, Byesville Rotary.
Byesville Rotary Easter Bunny encourages Caroline Gilligan to read.
Readings for next week:
- March Rotarian, "Social networking," p. 23.
- April Rotarian, "President's message," p. 1.
Jim Vaughan reported that preparations for “Breakfast with the Easter Bunny” are complete. He said that Harvey, the big Easter Bunny is looking forward to greeting local children. Breakfast will be served on Saturday, April 3, at the Stop Nine Senior Center on Southgate Road in Byesville from 9:00am-11:00am.
The breakfast menu is hot pancakes, sausage, and eggs served with juice and coffee. Pictures with the bunny are complementary with purchase of breakfast. Allie Beros will be taking the pictures. The Easter Bunny will give each child an Easter egg filled with treats from the bunny.
March is Literacy Month in the Rotary calendar. Byesville Rotary invited three speakers to their morning meeting to talk about the importance of being able to read and write.
Dr. Joe Smith, Byesville Rotary member and retired educator, defined literacy as “The level of reading and writing skills necessary to participate fully in daily life.” Communities with higher literacy rates are also communities more likely to be chosen for economic development. These communities also typically establish and support public institutions such as libraries, K-12 schools and higher education, parks and community services. The members of literate communities are healthier and live in more peaceful environments.
These observations are reinforced by the fact that 98% of the people who cannot read or write—about 900 million-- live in developing countries. In the United State, 40 million workers cannot read well enough to keep up with technology improvements in their workplace.
Services are available locally to help people learn to read or write or to help people improve their reading and writing skills.
Charney Fitz, Coordinator of Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) reported that in Guernsey County “the illiteracy rate is 11% of the population….” ABLE provides tutors for adults who want to improve reading skills. For more information call 1-800-350-1242 or 740-454-7242.
Stevie Fairchild, Adult Education Coordinator for the Guernsey County Literacy Council, also provides reading tutoring locally. Recently 20 people sponsored by her organization were trained in a multi-sensory approach to reading which has proved successful. For more information, contact 740-439-3558.
The breakfast menu is hot pancakes, sausage, and eggs served with juice and coffee. Pictures with the bunny are complementary with purchase of breakfast. Allie Beros will be taking the pictures. The Easter Bunny will give each child an Easter egg filled with treats from the bunny.
March is Literacy Month in the Rotary calendar. Byesville Rotary invited three speakers to their morning meeting to talk about the importance of being able to read and write.
Dr. Joe Smith, Byesville Rotary member and retired educator, defined literacy as “The level of reading and writing skills necessary to participate fully in daily life.” Communities with higher literacy rates are also communities more likely to be chosen for economic development. These communities also typically establish and support public institutions such as libraries, K-12 schools and higher education, parks and community services. The members of literate communities are healthier and live in more peaceful environments.
These observations are reinforced by the fact that 98% of the people who cannot read or write—about 900 million-- live in developing countries. In the United State, 40 million workers cannot read well enough to keep up with technology improvements in their workplace.
Services are available locally to help people learn to read or write or to help people improve their reading and writing skills.
Charney Fitz, Coordinator of Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) reported that in Guernsey County “the illiteracy rate is 11% of the population….” ABLE provides tutors for adults who want to improve reading skills. For more information call 1-800-350-1242 or 740-454-7242.
Stevie Fairchild, Adult Education Coordinator for the Guernsey County Literacy Council, also provides reading tutoring locally. Recently 20 people sponsored by her organization were trained in a multi-sensory approach to reading which has proved successful. For more information, contact 740-439-3558.
The club’s next meeting will be 7:30 am, April 6, at the Stop Nine Senior Center at 60313 (GPS use 60299) Southgate Road, Byesville. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Larry Miller, 740-439-2767.
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