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The Literacy Connection's 2nd Annual Resource Fair
Celebrating National Literacy Month with Fairy Tale Theme
For a second year in a row, The Literacy Connection is hosting a Resource Fair at The Centre Elgin’s Heritage Ballroom located at 100 Symphony Way. The free family-friendly event will take place on Thursday, September 25th, from 5p.m. – 7 p.m.
This year’s theme is “Once Upon a Time. . .” and the fair will feature informational flyers and resources from 25 social services organizations from Elgin and surrounding areas. There will be light snacks, a castle photo booth, activities for families, storytelling, raffles, and giveaways.
The Literacy Connection is a nonprofit organization based in Elgin with a mission of providing free, quality literacy programming to adult learners seeking to improve their skills in reading, writing, and speaking English to improve their personal, social, and economic lives. The organization has been in service since 1984.
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The organization has an Adult Volunteer Literacy program which offers one-on-one and small group tutoring, conversation classes, and FeelFluent Chasers English as a Second Language classes for learners on the tutoring waitlist. The other main program is Family Literacy in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of South Elgin. Parents attend ESL classes at the Clubhouse while their children (ages K-8th grade) receive BGCE services. Other components of the Family Literacy program include parenting sessions, library services (in partnership with the Gail Borden Public Library) and interactive learning activities for both parents and children.
Funding for these important programs is provided by The Illinois State Library, a division of the Secretary of State’s office. Other grantors include Elgin Township, The Seigle Foundation, The Alfred Bersted Foundation, and Dollar General Literacy Foundation.
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September is National Literacy Month and The Literacy Connection is running an online campaign on its website and social media titled “Writing New Stories Through Literacy.” Donations will help offset costs for teaching materials, books, digital literacy hardware like wifi hotspots, and more items that help learners attain their literacy dreams. For more information, check out their website: www.elginliteracy.org Writing New Stories through Literacy | LITERACY CONNECTION
