Literacy Committee

Literacy Committee

We meet the last Wednesday of every month at 5:15.
Rotary International’s goal in literacy and education is to strengthen the capacity of communities to support basic education and literacy, reduce gender disparity in education, and increase adult literacy. We support education for all children and literacy for children and adults.
EMRC’s Literacy committee has worked toward these goals since 2002.
What have your read lately?  
 These books have been read by our members during the pandemic!
International Literacy Projects
  • It all began in 2002 Psychology books for teachers in Myanmar
  • From 2009-2011, Literacy committee members presented papers at the Pan African Reading for All Conference in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
  • These committee members also did two, two week “Teachers Training Teachers” in literacy in South Sudan.
    The Committee also did a project called“Clothe the Body-Feed the Mind.” This was a program of scholarships for girls at the “Children Out of Conflict & Crisis” Orphanage in Juba, South Sudan for four years until the situation got too bad in Juba.
  • Committee members worked with a Rotary Club in Lahore, Pakistan on a program called “Reading Across the Continents.”
  • We also have sent Literacy supplies to the Chikumbuso Women’s and Orphans Project in Zambia.
  • Committee members have worked with Rotary and Rotaract members in Macau ,China on supporting Literacy projects.
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Current Local Literacy Projects
  • “Jack’s Man cave” book storage locker where the Committee stores its supply of gently used books that we collect on a regular basis from book drives, yard sales and donations.
  • We supply a bookshelf and books for each new Habitat for Humanity home.  The books are selected specifically for the new home owners.
  • Rotaract+EMRC Literacy Members partner up for a variety of literacy related activities & services, 2012-current
  • We present a baby backpack of books to the first baby born in the County on International Literacy Day,  2015-Present
  • Backpacks  for  kids supplies at the beginning of each school year.
  • Supporter of the summer Bookmobile (the Ellensburg School District)
  • Circle the City Trail tales (EMRC Literacy committee supported this project)
  • Little libraries, 2017-Present-Currently we have 7 which are mostly in neighborhoods where children and families find it difficult to get to the Library and benefit by having books close by.
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