Mark Your Calendars:

January 27th is Family Literacy Day

February is I Love to Read Month

June 21 PGI Golf Tournament at Elmhurst Golf and Country Club

Wendy’s Message

Hello,

I wish to say how pleased I am to have joined Literacy Partners of Manitoba as the Executive Director.

I look forward in the coming months to meeting our many members, colleagues and supporters to Literacy Partners of Manitoba.

We will have many events and activities to celebrate Literacy in 2010. The first of these will be Family Literacy Day. Family Literacy Day has always been held on January 27. Watch for our February ebulletin, when we share with you some of the activities that took place on Family Literacy day.

I hope that on Family Literacy day you will have enjoyed spending time with your family by reading together, trying a new recipe and cooking together – singing a song together or enjoying a family game night.

Have fun!

Wendy

January 27th is Family Literacy Day!

Join us at Kildonan Place Shopping Centre, in Winnipeg from 10:00 am to 3:00

There will be a number of fun family literacy focused events, including:

Readings by the Story Fairy from 11:00 to 12:00 and from 1:00 to 2:00.

Visit mb.literacy.ca in the following weeks for more information on Family Literacy Day events.

Honda Canada is a founding sponsor of ABC Family Literacy Day.

The PGI Golf Tournament for Literacy

PGI 2010 registration forms are now online

Join Literacy Partners of Manitoba on June 21st, 2010 at Elmhurst golf and country club to raise funds for literacy learners in Manitoba.

Registration is at 11:30, followed by lunch. At 12:30 we tee-off with a Texas Scramble

Shot Gun start (though, unfortunately, there will be no actual shotgun fired).

The Entry deadline is June 11, 2010 but register now!

Space is limited to the first 128 paid golfers

LPM welcomes our new Volunteer Librarian!

We welcome Susan Hamilton to this crucial role.

Susan will be in from 9:30 to 12:00 on Monday mornings to answer questions and to help members get useful resources. (If you would like to come at other time besides these hours, please call in advance to let us know.)

Thanks Susan!

Frontier College New Readers Bookstore announces launch of webstore

Literacy materials are now available online from Frontier College!

At the new webstore you can:

Order all of your favourite resources with the click of a mouse

Download sample pages of resources you are curious about

Find up-to-date information on inventory and new editions

Browse your order history and check on your account status

If you are currently a Frontier College New Readers Bookstore customer and want to place an order on your current account contact them and they will get you started.

CONTACT: 1-800-555-6523 x 305 newreaders@frontiercollege.ca

Did you know: Four out of 10 adult Canadians, age 16 to 65, struggle with low literacy? (Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL) Survey, 2005).

The Office of Literacy and Essential Skills has a new website

From the new OLES site:

The Office of Literacy and Essential Skills (OLES) is focused on improving the literacy and essential skills of adult Canadians. We provide expertise, funding for innovative and dynamic projects and a wide range of learning tools and other resources. We work through the following activities:

Programming: grants and contributions;

Building knowledge and expertise: research, analysis and results;

Tools: development, adaptation and dissemination; and

Partnerships: with other government departments, provincial and territorial governments, and non-profit organizations.

Through these activities, OLES aims to help Canadians have the skills they need to get a job, stay in the job market and contribute to their communities and families.

http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/workplaceskills/oles/olesindex_en.shtml

Plain Language training at LPM

We can help you reach a wider audience?

Literacy Partners of Manitoba offers:

Assessments of brochures, web pages and letters. Is your text readable by your target audience? If your clients aren’t getting your message, maybe it’s how you are wording your message.

Suggestions to improve readability to suit particular audiences. Not everyone reads at a grade 12 level, what changes can widen the appeal of your text?

Re-writes, structural and copy editing. We’ll edit your documents to remove those embarrassing errors that make you look bad. And, we’ll write in a style appropriate for your audience and purpose.

Training sessions in Plain Language writing. We will teach you how to prepare well laid out documents worded so that people really understand in practical, hands-on, congenial workshops.

Visit mb.literacy.ca for more information on our Plain Language Services.