Literacy Volunteers of Greater Augusta

Spring SCRABBLE

jbrandt04330 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:15:06 +0000

SAVE THE DATE

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Use this link to head on over to our website for the latest information about the 5th Annual Team SCRABBLE Tournament to support Literacy Volunteers of Greater Augusta.

Senator Inn, Augusta

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Holiday Open Book Published

jbrandt04330 — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:50:39 +0000

If you have not yet received a copy of our December/Holiday issue of The Open Book, you may read it immediately on-line on our website. This issue covers the year in review and some exciting news about next year.

Not receiving The Open Book in your mailbox? Drop us an e-mail, comment or call 207-626.-440 and we’ll add you to the mailing list.

Happy Holidays and warmest wishes to our LVA tutors, students, volunteers, board members, friends, and families! Have a happy and safe holiday season!

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Holiday Party Photos

jbrandt04330 — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:56:11 +0000

LV-A celebrated our Holiday Party at the office on December 1st. Here are some photos of the festivities!

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Annual Appeal Begins

jbrandt04330 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:01:25 +0000

You should have already received your letter in the mail, but in case you haven’t…

The Annual Appeal has begun and we are asking for your support of Literacy Volunteers of Greater Augusta.

For more than 35 years, Literacy Volunteers of Greater Augusta has been providing free, confidential, one-to-one tutoring services to adults in the Kennebec Valley.

We need your help now more than ever to continue our mission of improving the literacy skills of people in our community. Our services are free, but expenses for books and materials continue to increase.

Give the Gift of Reading by making your donation today. If you prefer, you can designate your United Way contribution to Literacy Volunteers of Greater Augusta or make a secure on-line donation using the Donate button on our Giving page today.

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2012 Tutor Training Schedule Posted

jbrandt04330 — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:12:43 +0000

Jenny Small has developed a yearlong plan for Tutor Training which will begin in January 2012. The schedule includes orientation events and classes for new and potential tutors and support activities for current tutors.

Download/view the 2012 schedule – PDF

Upcoming events include:

January 2012

5th – Board Winter Retreat – 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, LV-A Office

25th – New Tutor Orientation – 5:30 – 8:00 pm, LV-A Office

28th – Tutor Training – 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, LV-A Office

February 2012

2nd – Board Meeting – 5:30 pm, LV-A Office

11th – Tutor Support Meeting – 10:00 – noon, LV-A Office

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2011 Fall Team Scrabble Scores

jbrandt04330 — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:58:01 +0000

And the scores please…

	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total Score	Place
Competitive Division
Cy & I	426	299	303	1028	1
Liz’s Band	263	350	339	952	2
Team Sleek	384	293	245	922	3
Weird Wordies	163	293	245	701	4



Social Division
SHEnanigans	163	165	283	611	1
Cunning Linguists	214	219	159	592	2
GRMS 1	229	108	242	579	3
Tutor Team	122	261	171	554	4
Boo Crew	198	113	182	493	5
Ladies of the Letter	113	133	204	450	6
Wordy Ladies	138	127	179	444	7
GRMS 2	136	80	137	353	8

Don’t forget to check out the photos!

Thanks to all for making this a Great Success!

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SUCCESS

jbrandt04330 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:26:38 +0000

The Fall Team Scrabble Tournament fundraiser for Literacy Volunteers of Greater Augusta was a big SUCCESS. Thank you to all of the participants and all of the contributors. Here are some photos of the event and the rest are on John’s Flickr page.

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Annual Meeting

jbrandt04330 — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:22:38 +0000

We had a great turn out for the Literacy Volunteers of Greater Augusta Annual Meeting tonight. Below is a photo of Abbie Embry-Turner recognizing LV-Augusta tutor Joyce Thompson for her service with the Tutor award for the year. More are posted on John Brandt’s Flickr page

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LV-GA at new Skills Center

jbrandt04330 — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:39:18 +0000

Pat Finale (on left) is the supervisor for the JTG Skills Center, run through The Bread of Life organization. Jackie Lacasse is one of our tutors who will be volunteering there on Tuesday mornings from 9-11am to help any shelter residents as well as the veterans who are housed there, with literacy issues. The Center is located on Hospital Street, next to the Bread of Life Shelter.

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Happy Adult Education and Family Literacy Week

jbrandt04330 — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:59:39 +0000

Thank you to LV-Maine for the link to the National Coalition for Literacy website where they made this announcement:

“On Monday, August 1st, Representative Jared Polis (D-CO) introduced, for the third year in a row, a House resolution (H. Res. 385) designating the week of September 12th as National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week 2011!”

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