A Couple of Ways to Promote Literacy: Please Lend a Hand

Hi everyone. Reach Out and Read does great work in getting books into the hands (and mouths) of young children. It is participating in the Pepsi Refresh project, an online challenge that could net them $250,000 to expand their work. I've been going on line every day and voting for them, and they have been inching up in the competition (this is getting me ready for the Olympics, I think). Can you imagine how well they would do, if you were voting for them, too? The directions are below and they are pretty simple. Easiest contribution I've made to literacy this month!

Here’s how you can help:
1. Visit http://www.refresheverything.com/ReachOutandRead
2. Vote once each day for Reach Out and Read through February 28th.
3. Pass this along to your colleagues, friends, and family and encourage them to vote for Reach Out and Read as well.

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Also, each year my friends at the National Center for Family Literacy honor a family literacy teacher. If you know any special family literacy teachers, it would be a real nice thing to nominate them for the recognition that they deserve. The info is below.

2010 Toyota Family Literacy Teacher of the Year Award

Applications now available! Nominate a teacher today!

Presented by the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) and Toyota, the Toyota Family Literacy Teacher of the Year Award is given to educators who demonstrate exemplary efforts to help parents and children learn together and achieve their academic and non-academic goals.

The 2010 Toyota Family Literacy Teacher of the Year will receive a $7,500 award for his/her program, courtesy of Toyota. He/she also will receive a trip to the 19th Annual National Conference on Family Literacy in San Antonio, Texas on April 11-13. He/she will be recognized during the Opening General Session at the Conference.
Nominations will be accepted online through February 24, 2010!
To access and complete the nomination form, click here.

http://datacapture.doe1915.com/ncfl/form.php