Literacy Nassau Celebrates Recognition Night 2010
May 26, 2010
(Nassau County, N.Y.)-Literacy Nassau, the only no-cost, learner-centered literacy organization in Nassau County, providing one-to-one and small group tutoring for adults who are functionally illiterate in English, will celebrate Recognition Night on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, beginning at 7 PM. There is no charge to attend Recognition Night; the public and media are invited. Refreshments will be served.
The annual event honors Literacy Nassau’s students, tutors, volunteers and friends who have shared their time, talents and generosity to fulfill those basic needs of the organization’s adult student learners. Literacy Nassau is committed to ensuring that each individual in Nassau County will one day live literate lives.
Of particular note is Open Door, a compilation of stories and poems written by the adult student learners. The publication is the result of hard work, discipline and dedication on the part of a student and volunteer tutor. All guests at Recognition Night receive a copy of Open Door. In addition, an “authors’ table” provides an opportunity for the adult student learners to sign their pages in Open Door and for supporters to meet these remarkable achievers. An excerpt from Open Door 2009, entitled Memories follows:
“Friday afternoons were special times for me and my mother. She would talk about her problems to me and I would talk about mine to her. What also made it special is that we would have ice cream. As I got older I stopped seeing her every Friday and starting doing other activities like taking girls to movies and parks. One day my mother told me, “You are going to be the backbone of the family.” I didn’t know what she was talking about but now I do. My mother died October 26, 2008.”
For additional information or to RSVP, please contact Literacy Nassau at 516.867.3580 or mail@literacynassau.org.
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