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Show r:. ,'i.ri r-',' i .V . k H I VJ v- ..... r3 Students in Ms. Austin's 6th grade class at Centerville Elementary School wear their Center-ville Center-ville Literacy Aid Project t-shirts, trying to encourage community support for the project. Centerville kids promoting literacy in citywide project A local volunteer project to promote literacy, The Centerville Literacy Aid Project, is under way in Centerville. The citywide project has been coordinated to benefit the children in all four Centerville elementary schools: J.A. Taylor Elementary, Centerville Elementary, Elemen-tary, Jenny P. Stewart Elementary and Reading Elementary. The project is designed to increase literacy awareness and provide service by tutoring students, placing children's "free-reading" books in classrooms, and accepting donations for encyclopedias and resource materials. Organizers for the project met with the principal of each elementary school in Centerville. "We met with them (the principals) to make sure our efforts would best meet the needs of the children. We learned that most of the elementary schools did not have encyclopedias in the majority of classrooms or have funds to purchase resource materials for children with special needs," said Marianne Cook, one of the organizers. Over 100 local volunteers, primarily consisting of women from the ages of 18 to 30, have joined to organize the project Many of the volunteers will provide pro-vide tutoring in the schools. The group is seeking support sup-port from the public in two ways: book donations and financial contributions. A citywide book drive will be held Saturday, May 2, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Founders Park, Main Street, Centerville. The public is encouraged to donate new or used books which are suitable for elementary reading levels (kindergarten through sixth grades). The donated books will then be sorted and distributed to the various elementary school classrooms. For a $10 donation, individuals can contribute toward the purchase of encyclopedias and special resource materials. A Centerville Literacy Aid Project T-shirt will be given for each $10 donation. T-shirts must be ordered in advance and will be distributed at the book drive on May 2. Cash donations for books only will also be accepted. For more information or to make a donation and receive a T-shirt, call Marianne Cook 295-5003 or mail your donation by Thursday, April 2, to: Centerville Literacy Lit-eracy Aid Project, co P.O. Box 927, Centerville, Utah 84014. Please include name, phone number and T-shirl size(s). T-shirts are available in youth sizes small, medium and large and adult sizes small, medium, large and extra-large. Make checks payable to Centerville Literacy Lit-eracy Aid Project. The Centerville Literacy Aid Project was created b the Centerville 18th Ward Relief Society in celebratior of the 150th anniversary of The Church of Jesus Chris! of Latter-day Saints Relief Society organization. |
