Archives: <span>Timeline Express Announcements</span>

The Literacy Council inaugurates an annual “Celebration of Achievements” reception at the Delaplaine Arts Center to honor the work of its students and tutors.

The Literacy Council celebrates its 50th anniversary with an event at the Weinberg Center featuring speaker David Brooks, nationally known political and social commentator.

The Community Foundation bestows the Wertheimer Fellow for Excellence in Volunteerism Award to long-time volunteer Caroline Gaver.

The Literacy Council launches its first Five-Year Strategic Plan, aiming to expand the organization to serve more adult learners.

The Literacy Council hires its first employee, a part-time office manager/volunteer coordinator, allowing the office to be open on a regular basis.

The Betty Seligmann Literacy Endowment Fund is established by the Literacy Council at the Community Foundation of Frederick County.

The Literacy Council wins the Outstanding Special Initiative Award at the Laubach Literacy Action National Awards for Excellence.

Sister Mary Jerome McGinley is certified as a tutor and goes on to establish the Marguerite Naseau Literacy Center at Provincial House in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Tutoring of inmates at the Frederick Detention Center begins and The Maryland Correctional Institution in Hagerstown asks the Literacy Council to train inmates to tutor other inmates. 

Betty Seligmann is the first Frederick County recipient of the “Maryland, You Are Beautiful” award, in honor of her 20 years of service to the Literacy Council.