CHARLES COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL

Charles County Literacy Council News

For Next Volunteer Tutor Training Workshop, go to the Council's Events page.

There will be no Board Meeting for June through August 2008. Next Board Meeting will be held in September 2008
at the Lifelong Learning Center. Spring 2008 newsletter.

April 2008

• Congratulations to our new volunteer tutors! We had a very successful tutor workshop April 15-17, 2008 and 11 tutors completed the required 9 hours training. The new tutors are now in the process of being matched with individual students. Thank you to Nicole Bennett, the Workshop Chair who organized the entire event and to all our speakers and Darlene Adams for overseeing food preparation. Our next workshop will take place in October. Please visit the website for further details in the Fall or email the Council at ccliteracy@ccboe.com

March 2008

• CCLC participated in the March 1st Charles County Women's Fair at the College of Southern Maryland, by staffing an exhibit table at the Fair.
• Board members Jack Faherty and Jeanette Madison were CCLC's hosts, and were assisted by Darlene Adams.
Darlene was a member of this year's steering committee and is a founding member of the Women's Fair.
• We are preparing for the Spring Tutor Workshop scheduled for Tuesday, April 15 through Thursday, April 17, 2008, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. at the Lifelong Learning Center. The class is almost full. See the Events page to learn more information, or to register.

February 2008

• Are you interested in becoming a volunteer tutor with the Charles County Literacy Council? Trained tutors tutor students on a one-on-one basis in reading, writing, basic math and English as a Second Language. The need is great. For further information, click on our Events page.

December 2007

• John (Jack) Faherty, Executive Board Vice President, organized this year's annual fundraising gift-wrapping event held at the Border's Book Store in Waldorf, MD. Many thanks to all volunteers who participated in helping us wrap gifts at the store for donations. Everyone had a wonderful time. The last date for gift-wrapping will be held Tuesday, December 18, 2007 from 4:00-9:30 p.m.
• Click here to read a press release posted on Southern Maryland Online

November 2007

• CCLC welcomes Marlene Cleaveland as the new Program Coordinator. Ms. Cleaveland replaces former Executive Director Shirley Williams. For further information about Ms. Cleaveland, you can view the Board Minutes of November 6, 2007.
• The next Board meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at the Lifelong Learning Center, 12300 Vivian Adams Drive, Waldorf, MD 20601. All volunteers and tutors are encouraged to attend. It is important to report your hours prior to the end of the year. You can do so at the tutors/volunteers section; click on "provide us with updates and hours". Thank you and we appreciate you!

October 2007

• We graduated 14 tutors from our October 2007 tutor training workshop. Congratulations to all of you who participated! Tutors are now being matched with students. To learn about future tutor training, visit our events page.

September 2007

• CCLC Welcomes Shirley Williams
  The Charles County Literacy Council introduced their new Executive Director, Ms. Shirley Williams, during an August retreat in La Plata. The CCLC is a not-for-profit organization that provides free community-based one-on-one adult literacy tutoring to students aged 18 and older. She was welcomed by Council members and tutors who attended the event.

  Williams comes to the CCLC with strong credentials, having retired earlier this year from a rewarding career at the College of Southern Maryland. While there she served as Executive Director of the Corporate and Community Training Institute, and prior to that as a Human Resources Officer. The skills she honed at CSM in matching the right person to the right job will serve her well in working at the CCLC, where she will be matching students with trained tutors.

  When asked what attracted her to the position at the Literacy Council, she said “It seemed a perfect fit; I like being connected to the community, and I like working in the non-profit arena.” Williams is looking forward to the new challenges and responsibilities, and said she has 3 specific priorities:

  making sure the needs of our diverse community are met, even as our demographics change
  providing the best quality one-on-one tutoring to clients
  getting the word out that CCLC services are available

  Williams would like all to be aware that the CCLC will be hosting a FREE tutor-training workshop on October 16, 17, and 18, 2007, from 6 to 9 p.m. New tutor volunteers are welcome. Space is limited, so please call 301-870-5974 to register.

May 2007

• The Charles County Literacy County would like to thank and publicly acknowledge the Red Hot and Blue restaurant in Waldorf, and its Manager, Paul Allen, for exceptional kindness and support of the Literacy Council. Recently we held two fundraising dinners at Red Hot and Blue, and Mr. Allen's donation of a percentage of total proceeds for the evenings has made it possible for us to purchase literacy learning materials used by our trained tutors to teach Charles County adults to read, write and perform basic daily tasks involving mathematics. This enables us to continue to offer this service free of charge to our clients. A total of $550.00 was raised from these events.

April 2007

• The Charles County Literacy Council would like to thank SMECO and its representatives, Angie Variss and Bernadette Smith, for their generous donation of five hundred dollars. Their generosity will go to help Charles County adults improve their literacy and math skills through our tutoring efforts.
• Per CCLC's Bylaws, elections were held for positions on the Board of Directors. Several new members were installed including the President, Vice President and Secretary.
  

January 2007

• Buyers Title Inc. donated two hundred fifty dollars to Charles County Literacy Council. Buyers Title, a real estate titling company, has offices in La Plata, Waldorf and King George, VA. Another donation of two hundred fifty dollars was also made by Jason F. Faherty, Attorney at Law.

Read our newsletter. The current issue is Fall 2007.

This page last updated May 15, 2008 (mc).