April 2009 - News

Congratulations to our newly trained volunteer tutors! We just completed our three-evening tutor workshop on March 26, 2009 training 25 new tutors! Many thanks to our amazing Workshop Chair, Nicole Bennett and all the presenters for doing a fabulous job. We have already begun the process of matching the new tutors with waiting students. The workshop was one of our best; we even had a waiting list and a few that will have to wait until the October training. Please check our events page for upcoming information on our Fall workshop.

We also had a fantastic time at the first tutor-student appreciation potluck held at Good Samaritan Presbyterian Church on March 28, 2009. We presented our tutors and one attending student with appreciation certificates and other gifts to thank them for their generous tutoring and other volunteer hours. Charles County Commissioner Samuel Graves, Jr. also attended and presented each tutor with a Charles County lapel pin; LifeStyles of MD Program Director, Dana Harty also attended with several guests. Many thanks also to our Board of Directors for helping us put all of this together, including providing many delicious dishes as well as the tutors who brought dishes; special thanks to Sally Brandt for offering her church as a location for this event. We appreciate all of you!

March 2009 - News

We are having a Tutor-Student Appreciation Potluck on Saturday, March 28, 2009 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Good Samaritan Presbyterian Church in Waldorf, MD. All CCLC tutors are invited to attend and bring their students. We have mailed out invitations and hope that you can join us. RSVPs should be in no later than Friday, March 20, so we can plan accordingly. We look forward to seeing you there. Please call the office at 301-870-5974 if you have not received an invitation.

January 2009 - News

Would you like to teach adults in Charles County to read, write, do basic math, learn English as a Second Language or provide help teaching English to speakers of other languages? We are changing lives for the better. Help continue to make Charles County all it can be. We just concluded our Spring volunteer tutor workshop. We will conduct another tutor training workshop in October 2009 (dates have not been finalized, yet.) Once dates are set, you may register online or email at charlescountyliteracy@comcast.net; For further information, contact Marlene Cleaveland at the CCLC office at 301-870-5974.

December 2008 - News

We concluded our Border's gift-wrapping fund-raising event on December 19. We collected almost $500 in donations. The event was organized again by our wonderful Vice President, Jack Faherty.  Special thanks to Sonja Scharles, Darlene Adams, Edna Troiano, Michael Ellis, Nicole (Coley) Bennett, Susan Brewer, Dee Crowell, Marcel Jewel and Jacinta McDonald. Everyone had a wonderful time and proudly wore our new blue CCLC t-shirts. Thanks also to everyone who stopped by to say hello or have a gift wrapped.

November 2008 - CFC Charity Kickoff Event at U.S. Census Bureau, Suitland, MD

John (Jack) Faherty, Vice President of the Literacy Council and Marlene Cleaveland, Program Coordinator participated in the recent Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) Charity Event at the Census Bureau. This was a wonderful opportunity for broad public exposure to our organization and how we greatly benefit the community. We were able to talk to many people during Census' busy lunch time about the Literacy Council and hand out CCLC pens, brochures and other literature to raise awareness of donations to the CFC Campaign this year. (If you wish to make a donation to the CFC campaign, the Literacy Council's CFC # is 77322). Many thanks to our President Sonja Scharles and Jeanette Madison, our publicity chair, for developing the display board we used here and will use at future events, as well as Darlene Adams, Treasurer for ordering our new pens, bookmarks and carry bags. Thank you again to all our Board and volunteer tutors for everything you do to make this organization strong and to enable us to continue our mission to help needy citizens in Charles County learn to read and to perform basic math skills.

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

November 2008 - News

Thank you to all of you who contributed during our Fall Fundraising Letter mail-out.  We appreciate all of you and could not continue without support from the local community.  Our annual Border's gift-wrapping fundraiser will be held on Thursday, December 11, 2008 from 4:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m., Monday, December 15,  from 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. and Friday, December 19 from 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. at Border's in Waldorf, MD.  We will have a table set up at the entrance in Borders with our Literacy Council banner attached.  Borders will supply all wrapping materials.  We will wrap gifts for customers for donations and will include a CCLC bookmark in all books we wrap.  All active and inactive tutors and volunteers are welcome to join us.  Email Marlene Cleaveland at charlescountyliteracy@comcast.net if you are interested in helping.  This is a fun event!

October 2008 - News

Congratulations to our October 2008 Volunteer Tutor Training Graduates! To read the article click here. We just completed our Fall Volunteer Tutor workshop chaired by Nicole Bennett. It was very successful and everyone had a good time. We have 13 new tutors and are busily matching them with students. We always need new tutors. Visit our Events page to learn of upcoming tutor training.