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Kershaw County Literacy Associatio n Page 2
F R O M THE D I R E C T O R S D E S K~
KCLA TUTORS AROUND TOWN
THE POWER OF THE WRITTEN WORD
We often hear about the power of the written word its not just a
sound or asymbol. Words give us strength and power to express,
communicate, visual-ize and create. I cannot imagine the struggle
to survive in a world withoutknowing how to read. I certainly
cannot imagine how powerless, sad and anx-ious I would be in that
world.
On a daily basis, many adults in Kershaw County fake their way
through eve-ryday tasks without reading. They hide their illiteracy
secret from everyone often for decades They pretend to forget their
glasses, and say that theywere out of town or too busy to open the
mail asking someone else to do itfor them.
To be illiterate is to be unsafe, uncomfortable and unprotected.
For the illiter-ate, despair and defeat serve as a daily fare. Can
we truly relate to the silenthumiliation, the quiet desperation
that cant be expressed or the hundreds ofways that those who cannot
read struggle in shame to keep their secret?
The Kershaw County Literacy Association is here to help, we
cannot do italone though, we need your support now to help
residents of KershawCounty who have lost their jobs and are waiting
for a chance to learn how toread. I hope you can find it in your
heart to make a donation, vol-unteer, or support our organization
by spreading the word to yourfriends, colleagues and family
members.
Sincerely,
Hope Robertson
Fun with numbers
This year, July has 5 Fridays, 5
Saturdays and 5 Sundays. Thishappens once every 823 years.
Arent you glad you didntmiss it!
JULY 2011
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Our tutors are busy and active with several other agencies.
There are many thingsthat can be done to make reading a part of
individual success. Simply readingaloud to children is a teaching
opportunity. In homes where adults dont read,books are usually not
found? We are collecting books to share with children tobe their
very own! Below are some of the Agencies and other entities with
whomwe are active:
ATEC - Adult Education Program KC Public Library
Local KC Elementary Schools
KC School District
Lyttleton Street UMC Lyttleton Learning Place
Camden First UMC CDC After School & Summer Program
KC Health Resource Center/Safe Kids Baptist Association ESL
program
KC endowment
United Way KC partner agency
Wish List
You can help by making in-kind
gifts! Call 803-669 - 0019 to
donate.
Computer for Office
(desktop or laptop)
Flat Screen Computer
Monitor Copy paper
Pencils, Pens
Legal pads
Index cards
Pocket folders
Three ring binders
Adult reading books and
workbooks (from, New Readers
Press. Please call office for
more information).
General office supplies
(Stamps, Labels, etc.)
Binder clips
Mini dry-erase message
boardEasy children's books likenew --(not chapter books)
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Summerbrings to mymind a summer readinglist and the search for
justthe right books to packfor vacation, books thatare so filled
with intriguethat I wouldnt be able toput them down until
Ivereached the end. Then Ithink of the many adultsin our society
who cannotread and comprehend ona basic level much lessenjoy a good
novel, and itmakes me sad.
According to an article in
MIT Press by M. J. Ad-ams, Illiteracy has stag-gering effects on
society.Illiterate adults make up75% of the unemployed,33% of
mothers receivingAid to Families with De-pendent Children, and60%
of prison inmates.
As these statistics indi-cate, reading has a directassociation
with successin ones life and with thesuccess of a society as
awhole. Illiteracy affects usall.
Our volunteers atthe KershawCounty LiteracyAssociation(KCLA)
know theimpact of illiter-acy and thatswhy they give somuch of
their
time and talent.They want to lower thestatistics of illiteracy
inKershaw County and im-prove the chances for asuccessful
society.
Our Board continues tosearch for new ways to
recruit more adults whoneed to learn to read orto read better
and moreadults who are willing totutor. This summer wewill work
with local after-
school programsthrough our ReadAloud program toexcite
childrenabout books andhelp to encouragethem become life-long
readers. Re-search shows thatif a child is notreading on grade
level at the end ofthe 3rdh grade, thechance of graduatingfrom
high school isgreatly reduced.
There is a lot of work tobe done. If you are notalready a
volunteer for
sort of continuing educa-tion a technical schoolor college.
As many people arelearning now, even agood education
doesn'tnecessarily open the doorto the CEOs office.
However, this child has agood start. Her mother
and grandmother werepresent for her big day.And they supported
herduring the year. Oddsare that they will continueto encourage her
as shemoves through the next12 years
And guess what! Ifshe wants to do anything
even to graduate from
Six-year-old Tina was abig success. She gradu-ated from
kindergarten!
She came running to hergrandmother, proudlywaving her
diploma.
Grandma, you donthave to worry anymore!Ive graduated and Imready
to go to work. Illtake care of you! Wellhave plenty of money!
The reply was that shehas 12 more years to go.But twelve years
and ahigh school diploma will,likely only be a start. Tohave the
well-paying jobthat this child visualizes,she will likely need
some
high school she willhave to read. Even in thisregard, she has a
goodbasis for learning.
I was a bit shocked to hearthe term Struggling OlderReader
defined. Im think-ing twenty or thirty-year-old. This is not the
case.
The Struggling Older
Reader is 10 years old.
Why does that surpriseme! We have known allalong that the kid
who getsthrough third grade withoutstrong reading ability islikely
to miss the boat.
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A NOT E FROM THE CH AIR
A C H I L D S E Y E V I E W A note from the editor
Our Grantors:Our Grantors:Our Grantors:Our Grantors:
United Way of
Kershaw
County
Target
KC
Endowment
Upton
Foundation
Camden
Junior
Welfare
League
KCLA, please considerbecoming a tutor of adults,a reader to
children, or aBoard member. You canmake a difference in thesuccess
of our society.
Thank you for your sup-port. Happy summer read-ing!
Regards,
Wanda J. Dixon, ChairKershaw County LiteracyAssociation
Board
Illiterate adultsmake up 75% ofthe unemployed,33% of
mothersreceiving Aid toFamilies withDependent Chil-dren, and 60%of
prison in-mates.
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Kershaw county Literacy Association
PO Box 1484
Camden SC 29021
E-mail: [email protected]
aliterate
aliterate ( ay littrt)
Somebody unwilling to Readsomebody who, though usually able
to read, is completely uninterested in read-
ing or literature.
Aliteracy
alitera cy (noun)[ay littrsee]
See a lit er ate (adjective)
[ylitrt]
Three different words:
cancancancan and will:will:will:will:
The word can implies ability to do some-thing.
The word maymaymaymay implies permission to do
something.
The verb willwillwillwill implies an individuals will-
ingness to do something.
Read any good books, lately?
IT S IN THE B O O K ! ~
We Believe
That the ability to read,
write, perform math, anduse technology is a basic
human right
That everyone, from chil-
dren to adults in every
part of the world, has the
right to learn these skills
and to have access to
programs that make it
possible for them to ac-
quire those skills
That education is a life-
long pursuit
That literacy skills are key to
reducing poverty, crime, poor
health, high health care
costs, human rights abuse,
and increasing the literacy of
children
