- Dirk Tussing spearheaded a library project in Vietnam that raised at least $21,000: http://www.clubrunner.ca/CPrg/DxProgramHome/programhome.aspx?cid=2417&pid=13503&plid=2604
- Bill Johnson is tutoring with Literacy Chicago's adult literacy program, and donated approximately $200 to purchase Autoskill reading software and books: http://literacychicago.org/adult_literacy.htm
- Mike Wurzburg tutors with students at McGaw YMCA: http://www.mcgawymca.org/
- Tony Kambich donated $200 to the library accessible literacy project.
- Jeanne Beckman has donated $200 plus a new scanner valued at $335 to the library accessible literacy project, has facilitated/scanned over 150 hours of volunteer scanning of books to share with accessible literacy library projects and Bookshare.org, and is mentoring a local high school student with special needs who is doing a senior project that includes learning technology to access reading and writing: http://www.newtrier.k12.il.us/services/SrProject/index.htm
Saturday, March 8, 2008
More projects!
Earlier, I listed the projects that the Winnetka-Northfield Rotary foundation had funded in 2007, but that is only the beginning. Here are a few others:
Labels:
illiteracy,
Literacy,
Literacy Projects,
mentoring,
Rotary
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