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ONE TO ONE Newsletter Issue May 2010 -

It was a beautiful day for a standing room only crowd that gathered to hear this year’s guest speaker, Gillian Jerome.

Gillian is a published poet, literature professor at UBC and ‘mom’ to two young children.  She spoke about the ability of children, particularly children who struggle with reading, to tap into the rhythm and rhyme of poetry.  Gillian believes that poetry should be read aloud and that the information that you provide when reading a poem (whether it is through the words, the intonation, or the imagery of the piece) is fundamental to the learning that must occur for children to develop into confident readers!  Any volunteers interested in further    information on using poetry in their volunteer tutoring can contact Gillian at gillianjerome@hotmail.com.

As ever our volunteers were honoured for their commitment to making a difference in the lives of struggling readers and on behalf of the Board of Directors and staff were thanked for all the work that they do.  Those in attendance left with a reminder that in our eyes ONE TO ONE volunteers really measure up!

ONE TO ONE Board Member, Ann Carroll, pouring tea

Volunteer Appreciation Tea Photo Gallery:

Volunteer Appreciation Tea 2010

Suggested Poetry Books for Children compiled by Gillian Jerome

ONE TO ONE Newsletter Issue November 2009

Photos of the event:

This year’s Spelling Bee Challenge, held on June 4th at the beautiful new Trade and Exhibition Centre, was lots of fun.  The event hosted by Norm Grohman raised $22,500.00 for the ONE TO ONE Literacy Endowment Fund.  Congratulations to the “Davis Illiterates” , who took the trophy without even going to the tie breaker round. Team members were:

• Mike Carroll
• Cyndi Millar
• Rhys Davies
• Michelle Isaak
• Monica Gehlen
• Linda Parsons
• Sarah Ciarrocchi
• Sandy Varga

 The Spelling Bee was held to raise funds to support the ONE TO ONE Literacy Program for children in participating Vancouver and North Vancouver elementary schools.  By supporting this event,  you offer us the opportunity to improve children’s basic reading skills at an early age by providing tutoring one on one.  In our age of rapidly changing technology, it is more important than ever to have those literacy skills to navigate through life.       

Thank you to the following businesses for their support:

• TD Waterhouse & TD Securities – Gold Sponsor
• Vancouver School Board – Silver Sponsor
• Irving K Barber Learning Centre – Silver Sponsor
• Davis LLP
• BMO Nesbitt Burns
• MacDonald Realty BGW Ltd.
• Walter Francl Architects Inc.
• RBC, Phillips, Hager & North Investment Counsel

More photos of the event:

http://picasaweb.google.ca/kidsliteracy/SpellingBee2009Jun42009#

ONE TO ONE Spelling Bee Video of the event:

www.vancouverfoundationstories.ca

Click on education, then ONE TO ONE to view the article and watch the video.

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ONE TO ONE volunteers, administrators and board members gathered on a sunny day at Hycroft Manor to recognize the tremendous efforts of our volunteers and to celebrate twenty years of ONE TO ONE.

We were all inspired by Ellen Szita, our guest speaker, who shared her life story with us. She reminded us that in our age of rapidly changing technology, it is more important than ever to have literacy skills to navigate through life.  Her memoir, “Ellen’s Story”, is available from Ellen at ellenszita@shaw.ca.

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Thank you, Volunteers, for “climbing aboard” the ONE TO ONE train as it continues to chug along  - helping children learn literacy skills for life.

ONE TO ONE volunteers, administrators and board members gathered on a sunny day at Hycroft Manor to recognize the tremendous efforts of our volunteers and to celebrate twenty years of ONE TO ONE.

We were all inspired by Ellen Szita, our guest speaker, who shared her life story with us. She reminded us that in our age of rapidly changing technology, it is more important than ever to have literacy skills to navigate through life.  Her memoir, “Ellen’s Story”, is available from Ellen at ellenszita@shaw.ca.

Thank you, Volunteers, for “climbing aboard” the ONE TO ONE train as it continues to chug along  - helping children learn literacy skills for life.

http://picasaweb.google.com/kidsliteracy/VolunteerTea2009?authkey=Gv1sRgCLP8hdbVwKmQOQ#

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Another tremendous success! With your help we raised over $23,000 for the ONE TO ONE Literacy Society Endowment Fund. On Thursday May 29, 2008, 23 teams competed for the title of Spelling Bee Champions, 2008. The victorious team, the “Bee”autiful Fifteen were:

• Ebie Pitfield
• Nancy Dickson
• Laurie Grant
• Stacie Graham
• Trish McGeer
• Marie-Helene Humphries
• Cynthia Whitaker

The fundraising efforts of the Spelling Bee Challenge support children’s reading programs through the ONE TO ONE Literacy Society Endowment Fund. Your support provides children the chance to grow into confident readers.

Photos from the Event:

http://picasaweb.google.ca/kidsliteracy/SpellingBee2008#

Many thanks to the following businesses for their support:

• TD Waterhouse & TD Securities – Gold sponsor
• Phillips, Hager & North – Silver sponsor
• Vancouver School Board – Silver sponsor
• BMO Nesbitt Burns
• Brook & Associates Inc.
• Business in Vancouver Media Group
• Davis LLP
• Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
• Law Society of British Columbia
• MacDonald Realty BGW Ltd.
• McIvor Communications Inc.
• Walter Francl Architects Inc.