ANNUAL DAY OF READING

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.

2007-2008 PARTNERS

Register your organization: Online MS Word PDF

RESOURCES FOR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

Register your organization:
O nline MS Word PDF