Rotary clubs across District 6330 are passionate about literacy. In 2011-2012, 34 clubs received District awards and 19 received Zone awards as well. Congratulations to all!
As we begin the Rotary year 2012-2013, I would like to introduce myself, Sue Storie, as your new District Literacy Chair and encourage you to keep up the momentum. In upcoming posts you will see more information about the Literacy Awards and how YOUR club can earn them.
Clubs are encouraged to salute International Literacy Day, September 8, in your club meetings of the week of September 8. Perhaps you will invite a speaker or will have an event involving reading to children. Perhaps you will partner with your local library or literacy group. September is New Generations Month, so you may wish to involve your Interact clubs. Email me your ideas and I will be happy to share them on the blog.
Would you like me to visit your club or Area Meeting and talk about literacy? Contact me at sue.storie@sympatico.ca
Tell me about your plans for literacy this year. Clubs are encouraged to send me information about your projects and I will be sharing them through The Bridge and through this Literacy Blog
http://rotary6330literacy.blogspot.ca/ created by David Harvie, District 6330 Literacy Chair 2011-2012 . Thank you David for this blog and for all of your work last year which promoted literacy!
I look forward to learning more about our District Literacy events and about all of my fellow Rotarians who share my passion for literacy!
“Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope” 2001, Kofi Annan
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Librarians
Librarians are fighting a never-ending war on ignorance, intolerance, despair and the darkness of the human soul. You can join the fight by picking up a book and reading to a child.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Literacy Awards
District Level Awards for 5 Literacy Projects
Aylmer Rotary Club
Clio Rotary Club
Festival City Rotary Club
Fort Gratiot Rotary Club
Goderich Rotary Club
Grand Bend Rotary Club
Hanover Rotary Club
London East Rotary Club
London South Rotary Club
Marysville Rotary Club
Port Elgin Rotary Club
Sarnia Bluewaterland Rotary Club
Southampton Rotary Club
Stratford Rotary Club
Tara Rotary Club
District and Zone Level Awards for 10 Literacy Projects
Chesley Rotary Club
Burton Rotary Club
Flushing Rotary Club
Genesee Valley Rotary Club
Hepworth-Shallow Lake Rotary Club
Listowel Rotary Club
London Rotary Club
London Hyde Park
London North Rotary Club
London South Rotary Club
London West Rotary Club
Markdale Rotary Club
Meaford Rotary Club
Mitchell Rotary Club
St. Marys Rotary Club
Sarnia Rotary Club
Watford Rotary Club
Walkerton Rotary Club
Wiarton Rotary Club
Congratulations to all Clubs on their work to promote literacy within their local communities and around the world.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Literacy is Alive and Well in St. Marys
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| Rotarians Terry Pook (R) and Linda Schuyler (L) present the Story of Polio to the Grades 4-6 of the Little Falls School in St. Marys. |
By Linda Schuyler, Rotary Club of St. Marys
While organizing our two month long Polio awareness
campaign, we realized that a very big part of this campaign would be to provide
a lot of education about the story of Polio and Rotary’s involvement. We
believed that many of the children and quite possibly their parents may not be
familiar with this story.
We felt that this story could fall into many categories but
we wanted to tell why we felt this campaign fit the Literacy category on many
levels through the school system, the media and our ‘Purple Pinkie-End Polio
Now’ event.
We met with the principals of the local public and High
Schools as we were asking for permission to share the story of Polio and
Rotary’s involvement with the students in Grades 4 through to High School.
We made presentations at three schools. I told the story of
Polio and Rotarian Terry Pook showed some slides of her experiences during
National Immunization Days (NIDs) in India and South Africa. We showed the
students a wonderful CD titled “Vaccines Save Lives” narrated by Bill Gates
while a cartoonist draws the story as he speaks. After each presentation, we
held a mini NID. A number of Rotarians and their spouses who are members of
Inner Wheel helped to paint the pinkie finger of each student with a purple
marker as a symbol of one child immunized from polio. Each school was provided
with a class set of comic-style books “The Amazing Stories of Polio” which the
teachers and students will use throughout the year.
For six weeks we published a different article about Polio
every week in the local newspaper. When we held our ‘Purple Pinkie-End Polio
Now’ event, we had three guest speakers. Rotarian Terry Pook showed slides and
spoke about her NID experiences. A polio survivor spoke of the challenges he
has faced throughout his life and that he has never allowed polio to prevent
him from enjoying life. Our keynote speaker reinforced the importance of
commitment, compassion and hope.
The reason that I am telling you about our ‘Purple
Pinkie-End Polio Now’ event is because of the impact this event had on the
granddaughter of one of our Rotarians. She is a Grade 8 student from the
Toronto area. She was so inspired by the information that was shared that
evening. Shortly after returning home, she was given an assignment to write
about someone who has changed Canada. She chose to write about her grandfather
and Rotary and how they are making the world a better place one step at a time.
Her essay was selected to be entered into a competition. We
do not know the result of the competition but we are certain that she will be a
future foreign exchange student and Rotarian to continue her grandfather’s
legacy.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
District 6330 Assembly - Literacy Presentation
Monday, April 2, 2012
Telling Stories
As Neil Gaiman points out in his poem entitled "Locks":
"We owe it to each other to tell stories, as people simply"
Telling stories is one of the most human of activities.
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