Barbara Bush Literacy Project
Virginia Federation of Republican Women
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Barbara Bush Literacy Project |
Barbara Bush Literacy Project Chairmen Sandy Gates MELP Chairman Connie Parish Mamie Eisenhower Library Project (MELP)
Important Dates for the 2010 VFRW Barbara Bush Literacy Project Newsletters Important Dates for the 2011 VFRW Barbara Bush Literacy Project Newsletters |
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In 2002, the NFRW Literacy Committee launched NFRW Literacy Month. Each year, local clubs have the opportunity to share their projects, ranging from book donations, tutoring and financial support of literacy programs to special one-time events like themed parties with authors. This year's theme is "Readers Become Leaders." For more information about Literacy Month visit the NFRW website at http://www.nfrw.org/programs/NCLB/46.htm. Contact the VFRW Literacy Chairman Sandy Gates or NFRW Committee Chair Carol Meny at agmeny@aol.com.
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VFRW Barbara Bush Literacy Sharing Forum
Barbara Bush Literacy
2010 Annual Report
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July
VFRW Barbara Bush Literary
Project Highlights News from the First District
Reported by Joan D. Craig Our chairman, Betty Garrington, has been very diligent in collecting and taking donated books to the James City County Public Library in Norge,Virginia. To date she has collected a total of 623 books from our members and the year is not over. Last fall Betty presented the following book, The Signers, which is 50 stories behind the Declaration of Independence to the following schools Jamestown High School in memory of Vila Allen, Lafayette High School in memory of Ginny McKeag and to Warhill High School in memory of Ann Worstell. We have also donated 75 dictionaries to the Salvation Army to be distributed to schools, daycare centers or children of their choice. Along with the continuing collection of books for the library, we are going to ask members to include any children’s books so that we can donate these to children in need. |
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February VFRW Barbara Bush Literary Project Highlights News from the Second District On Wednesday, September 23, 2009, Princess Anne Republican Women's Club members, Phyllis Cannon, Glenda Fiscus and Martha Cisney, presented the students of the Judeo-Christian Outreach Center Head Start Preschool with 30 patriotic backpacks filled with age appropriate books, workbooks, colored markers, and pencils for the students enrolled in the preschool. Phyllis Cannon read the story, "Corduroy," aloud to the students. She brought Corduroy the Bear with her to pass around to the students. Everyone enjoyed hearing the story and receiving their backpacks to take home to share with their parents. In the fall of 2002, the Judie-Christian Outreach Center opened a free preschool for four-year-old-at-risk students. In September it became a part of the Head Start Program in Virginia Beach. Located at 1900 Baltic Avenue (on the corner of 19th and Baltic Avenue), the JCOC Preschool serves children who otherwise would not have the opportunity to attend pre-school. The JCOC School offers classes in art, music, reading, and math. The small classroom setting gives children who attend early childhood programs. This is one of several community outreach projects to which the PARWC contributes. It also qualifies as our participation in the Barbara Bush Literacy Project. Thank you for your support and interest in this worthwhile activity. Glenda Fiscus,
News from the Tenth District Our club, Western Fairfax Republican Women's Club in the 10th District, has for several years, donated Lynn Cheney's young people's history books to one or two elementary schools in our community. These books are popular with the kids and give us a tiny inside track against the revisionist textbooks the local schools seem to favor. By the way, our scholarship program is also, by special permission of the great lady herself, called "The Barbara Bush Scholarship" and is awarded to an outstanding high school senior who has demonstrated significant academic and community achievement (particularly in the Republican arena).
Dottie O'Rourke
News from the Eleventh District The Barbara Bush RWC is currently helping a second grade teacher build her classroom library. The young teacher is my daughter who is in the midst of her second year teaching here in Prince William County. We have donated a variety of age appropriate books, new and gently used, as well as stuffed animals and characters to go along with them. I would guess we have donated around 200 books so far and hope to keep it up. My special project this year is a reading “center” about the United States Presidents. I decorated a large boot box with photos of the presidents. Inside are several books about presidents, flashcards and a notebook with information from the White House website (Bush administration). The assignments will range from “write the name and number of a president, memorize the first 10 presidents, the first 20, read the information and answer the questions from the White House notebook, all the way to, memorize the Gettysburg Address.” She will introduce the center to her class this month when they study Washington and Lincoln. We are excited about the possibility of interesting young children in history. In 2007, this same daughter, along with a group from James Madison University, took over 40 books for us to a small school in Loding, South Africa.
Sandy Ahmad The Mamie Eisenhower Republican Women's Club has an ongoing project under the Caring for America program that is also related to our Barbara Bush Literacy Project. Members have adopted, so to speak, The Main Street Child Development Center in the City of Fairfax. This Center provides a “quality accredited early childhood learning program for children of limited income working families, ages 2 through 6, to grow and thrive in a nurturing environment.” The Center also, as part of its mission statement, is dedicated to “enhance the quality of life for our diverse families …. and to provide educational opportunities and resources that strengthen literacy, parenting and the family.” Throughout the year MERWC members have been donating children’s books to the Center. Some of the books were new, and some were good condition used books. Our total for 2008 was over 100. In 2009 MERWC members collected books from a children’s consignment shop and a thrift shop located in Vienna, Virginia as well as from friends and members. For 2009 MERWC collected approximately 300 books. This has carried forth into 2010. In January of this year the club collected 205 books to take to Main Street CDC. The children’s reading books are used in the school’s library for instruction, in the classroom, and given to a child as his very own to take home to start his library and to read to his parents. Some of the books are factual books with information on animals, environment, and crafts that the teachers can use in the classroom. Some are bilingual to help teach those children who do not speak English. Other books are for an older child who may be a brother or sister of a student. These books are given to the child. Some of the MERWC members volunteer to go to the Center and read to the children. The children love to have someone read to them and talk about the story. This year-round project has been very appreciated by the staff of The Main Street Child Development Center, and is rewarding to MERWC members. The Montgomery County Republican Women coordinated a book drive. They collected gently used books at MCRW meetings and at other GOP events during the month of September. They collected nearly 100 books, which were donated to the Virginia Tech YMCA for the annual YMCA Book Fair. The club also donated books to the local library, Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library. Three copies of Loving Mr. Lincoln: The Personal Diaries of Mary Todd Lincoln by M. Kay DuPont were donated, one copy to each of the three library branches in Montgomery County (Blacksburg, Christiansburg, and MeadowBrook Public Libraries).
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Important Dates for the VFRW Barbara Bush Literary Project Newsletter
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