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Mar
Legacy of Literacy – National Assistance League Donates 100,000 Books
BURBANK, Calif., March 26, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — National Assistance League, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization with 120 chapters and 23,000 members nationally, announced today that its chapters collected or purchased more than 100,000 books which the organization donated to schools, libraries and other community organizations to support literacy among youth. Termed Legacy of Literacy, the program was initiated […]
26
Feb
Houston – Celebrates Legacy of Literacy with Head Start
Families with children gathered to celebrate the Legacy of Literacy Day on Saturday morning in the northeast Houston neighborhood of Denver Harbor. At the Head Start literacy event, which was open to the public, children played games, won prizes, completed arts and crafts, had their faces painted and chose books to take home after listening […]
24
Oct
Glendale – Hosts Authors and Illustrators Day
Veteran children’s authors and first-time authors practically took over Glendale’s R.D. White Elementary School on Oct. 16. They took part in Glendale Assistance League’s Authors and Illustrators Day. Starting in 1997, the event has become a premier program for teaching children about literacy and the love of books. To start the day, author/illustrator Mary Ann Fraser from […]
11
Sep
the Chesapeake – Project Literacy Program – Pen Pals
“Thank you for being my pen pal buddy. I had fun writing to you. We get out on June 5 so this means this is my last time writing to you. I will miss you even though I have never seen you in real life. It was fun writing to a human and learning about another […]
09
Jul
Through the One-2-One Tutoring program, Assistance League member volunteer, Donna Burnett-Albu, provides weekly literacy support to students at Walt Whitman Elementary School in Pontiac. Hazel Park art students and their teacher Nancy Sly (center with "S" shirt) are grateful for Assistance League's Link to Creative Teaching support that enabled them to create a social justice [...]
