The Margaret Laurence Award for Excellence

Almost 500 people across the province volunteer as tutors in more than eighty literacy programs that give clients individual attention. Their efforts have gone largely unacknowledged until now. In recognition of dedication, the Margaret Laurence Award for Excellence will be given to two volunteers -1 urban and 1 rural representative. Margaret Laurence is one of Manitoba's most widely read authors. Her family has permitted the creation of a literacy award in her name.

The inaugural presentation will take place at the Margaret Laurence House in Neepawa on International Literacy Day, September 8, 1996 at 2 p.m.

Nominees should be Volunteer Literacy Tutors who have demonstrated caring, commitment. and ability in assisting adults to read.

Practitioners can submit nominations on the form included, stating the VLT's contribution to their program. Testimonials from other practitioners or learners would help the nomination committee in its deliberations. All nominees will be acknowledged.

Nominations should reach the Margaret Laurence Award Selection Committee at Literacy Partners office before June 17, 1996.

Superior Propane 1996 Learner Award

This year, for the first time, this award goes to a Literacy Partners of Manitoba affiliated program learner.

The winner receives $250 from Superior Propane. Deadline for nomination forms is June 10, to allow time to contact the winner to be announced at the PGI golf tournament on June 19 at Glendale Golf and Country Club. Criteria:

1. The student must be an adult.
2. The student needs to be planning to continue in the program.
3. The student needs to have attended some type of program for at least six months, and preferably one year.
4. The student's attendance should be excellent.
5. The student must have a recommendation from a teacher or tutor.
6. The student should have shown substantial and /or exceptional progress.
7. The student must fill out an application, but their teacher or tutor can help the student do this.
8. The recipient should be enrolled in a basic literacy program not to exceed the GED level. This is not a scholarship for post secondary education.
9. The award must be presented to a specific individual, not to a literacy group.

The winner will be chosen by a committee of adult learners.

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