2007-2008 PARTNERS

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Akron Aeros
http://www.akronaeros.com

Akron Art Museum
http://www.akronartmuseum.org

Akron Beacon Journal
http://www.ohio.com

Akron Children's Hospital
http://www.akronchildrens.org

Akron General Medical Center
http://www.akrongeneral.org

Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority
http://www.akronhousing.org

Akron Public Schools
http://www.akronschools.com

Akron Summit Community Action Inc.
 

Akron Urban League
http://www.akronul.org

Akron-Summit County Public Library
http://www.akronlibrary.org

Al Kaf Temple #109
 

Barberton Public Library
http://www.barberton.lib.oh.us

Barnes & Noble-Montrose
http://www.bn.com

Boys & Girls Clubs of Summit County
http://www.bgcsummitcounty.org

Callis Tower
http://www.alphahomes.org

Caring Communities of Summit County
http://www.cc-sc.org

City of Akron
http://www.ci.akron.oh.us/

County of Summit
http://www.co.summit.oh.us/

County of Summit Department of Job and Family Services
 

Cuyahoga Falls City Schools
http://www.cfalls.summit.k12.oh.us

Cuyahoga Falls Library
http://www.CuyahogaFallsLibrary.org

F.A.C.T. ACADEMY
 

Family & Children First Council
http://www.fcfcsummit.org

Farmers Insurance
http://www.

Farmers Insurance
http://www.

First Book-Greater Akron
http://www.firstbook.org/greaterakron

Fishcreek Elementary
http://www.smfcsd.org

Goodwill Industries of Akron
http://www.goodwillakron.org

Greater Akron Chamber
http://www.greaterakronchamber.org

Green Family YMCA
http://www.akronymca.org/locations/green/

Help Me Grow
http://www.fcfcsummit.org/helpmegrow.htm

Hudson City Schools
http://www.hudson.edu

Hudson Library and Historical Society
http://www.hudsonlibrary.org

Indian Trail PTA Literacy For Trade
http://www.

Jumpstart-Akron
http://www.jstart.org

Kids Play
 

Kids-Play, Inc
http://www.kidsplaychildare.com

Kindermusik with Miss Terri
http://www.kindermusikwithmissterri.com

Lakeview Elementary
 

Leadership Akron
http://www.lakron.com

Lighthouse Academy
 

Meaden & Moore
http://www.meadenmoore.com

METRO Regional Transit Authority
http://www.akronmetro.org

Minority Behavioral Health Group
 

Mogadore Local School District
http://www.mogadore.net/

Name of Organizationpaige
http://www.

Old Trail School
http://www.oldtrail.org

Oriana House, Inc
http://www.orianahouse.org

Overdale Primary School
http://www.tallmadge.k12.oh.us

PBS 45 & 49
http://www.pbs4549.org/

Peninsula Library
http://www.peninsulalibrary.org

Phoenix Alternative School
http://www.

Phoenix Village Academy
http://www.

Portage Trail East Apartments
 

Project AGAPE
http://www.projectagape.org

Project Learn of Summit County
http://www.projectlearnsummit.org

R-D Bike Shop
http://www.rdbike.com

Revere Local Schools
http://www.revere.k12.oh.us

S.U.P.E.R. Learning Center - Tutoring & More!
http://www.superlc.com

Seton Catholic School
http://www.setoncatholicschool.org

Shaw JCC of Akron
http://www.jewishakron.org

Show and Tell
http://www.showandtelltime.com

Springfield Local School District
http://www.springfieldspartans.org

Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library
http://www.smfpl.org

Summa Health System
http://www.summahealth.org

Summit Academy Schools
http://www.

Summit Academy Schools
http://www.summitacademies.com

Summit County Children Services
http://www.summitkids.org

Summit County Domestic Relations Court
http://www.drcourt.org

Summit Education Initiative
 

Sutliff II Apartments, Cuyahoga Falls
http://www.sutliffapts.com

Tallmadge Kiddie Kollege
 

The Akron Area YMCA
http://www.akronymca.com/

The Blue Heron Bookstore
http://www.blueheronbookstore.com

The Chapel
http://www.the-chapel.org

The Learned Owl Book Shop
http://www.learnedowl.com

The Revere Local School District
http://www.revere.k12.oh.us

The Rubber City Book Posse, Bookcrossers in and around Akron, OH
http://www.

The University of Akron
http://www.uakron.edu

Turkeyfoot Elementary School
http://www.covenryschools.org

Twinsburg Senior Apartments
http://www.twinsburgapts.com

United Way of Summit County
http://www.uwsummit.org

Vision Support Services
http://www.vssakron.org

Walsh University, Akron Campus
http://www.walsh.edu

WBNX
http://www.wbnxtoons.com

Wesley Tower
 

 

 

 

 

RESOURCES FOR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

  • State of Literacy Report for 2008 ... share reading-related activities that relate to the “Key Indicators of Success.” The activities need not be new programs that were established. We want to include anything you have done within your regular mission. Click here for more ideas.

  • Community Event Calendar ... Click here to enter your event in the calendar so that others can join in your fun!!  

  • This City Reads! Partner logo ... use this on any marketing materials dealing with reading-related events. Right-click and select Save Picture As ... to save it on your computer.

  • Bookmarks, buttons and stickers make great handouts!! ... Print bookmarks or buttons/stickers and pass these out to everyone you know!!

 Literacy is Life Awards 2007

This City Reads! gives partners an opportunity each year to honor a staff member, client or volunteer who has quietly gone above and beyond in their efforts to improve the literacy skills of themselves or others in our community. Each March we come together to celebrate these achievements.

Congratulations to the 2007 Recipients and the This City Reads! Partner who nominated them!

  • Vanita Oelschalger, Akron Children’s Hospital

  • Dr. Fannie L. Brown, Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority

  • Sue Lacy, Akron-Summit County Public Library

  • Almas Feerasta & Julia Zeber, Summit County Board of MR/DD

  • Alverna Matthews & Annie Reese, Project AGAPE

  • Demi Lee & Larry Grant, Project Learn of Summit County

  • Elizabeth Jones-Maguire, Summit Education Initiative

  • Christine Yuhasz, The University of Akron

  • OASIS Tutors—Akron Public Schools

    • Emily Broadhurst

    • Marguerite Bumpas

    • Victor Burke

    • Ethel Coup

    • Rose Davis

    • Patti Dougherty

    • Mike Flaherty

    • Bonnie Guarneri

    • Jean Holden

    • Rose Kline

    • Greta Krukemeyer

    • Eleanor Lichtenstiger

    • Peggy Livigni

    • Margaret McConnell

    • Barbara McDevitt

    • Geraldine Montgomery

    • Joan Pinczes

    • Pat Postek

    • Anne Riegler

    • Adrienne Riggenbach

    • Kathy Rubens

    • Velma Smoot

    • Kay Starr

    • Ted Steele

    • Evaday Stull

    • Mary Thornburg

    • Elouise Vandall

 

 

 

 

Community Partners believe that:

Reading is everyone’s business.

An information-based economy requires everyone to read.

Reading soars when family, school and community collaborate.

First you learn to read, then you read to learn.

Reading is essential to improving quality of life.

Reading is fundamental to responsible citizenship.

Community Partners embrace the same mission:

This City Reads! is a community alliance of organizations to champion and leverage the power of reading to promote the future success of families, individuals, and businesses in Greater Akron/Summit County.

Community Partners strive for the same vision:

Summit County/Akron is the Reading Capital of the World.

Community Partners commit to individual and collective action that fits within these goals:

Engage the community;

Champion the collaborative model;

Connect individuals and families with resources; and

Leverage impact.

Community Partners agree to work within the following internal parameters:

We do:

Act in a manner that is faithful and aligned to our mission and core beliefs.

Identify desired results and establish benchmarks to communicate progress.

Serve as a catalyst for growth through reading.

Challenge and support one another to make a significant difference in reading.

Embrace the importance and power of relationship building.

We do not:

Design, prescribe, or endorse reading programs.

Duplicate programs.

Direct how any organization does business.

Favor any one individual, program or organization in our work.

Take partisan political positions.

 

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