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SUMMARY:Scrabble Mania for Literacy
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE!  Please plan now to join us on Saturday afternoon\, March 30\, 2019\, from 2:00 – 5:00 at Dutch’s Daughter Restaurant for our 4th Annual SCRABBLE® Mania for Literacy event!  Come play a lively game of Scrabble with a team of four players for the benefit of the Literacy Council of Frederick County. Also visit our Silent Auction and enjoy heavy hors d’oeuvres\, a complimentary glass of wine and cash bar\, all while supporting adult literacy programs in our community!  See below to register online or by mail.  Early Bird Registration is now open! \nThe details: \n$220 for a team of four or $60 for Individuals* \n*Register by February 14\, 2019 and take advantage of the Early Bird team price of $190 or Individual price of $50! \nSaturday\, March 30\, 2019\, 2:00 – 5:00 pm \nDutch’s Daughter Restaurant \n581 Himes Ave. \nFrederick\, Maryland 21703 \nDirections:  http://www.dutchsdaughter.com/contact/ \nREGISTER ONLINE \nREGISTER BY MAIL \nSPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE: \nDouble Letter Sponsor: $100 – Basic Benefits & 1 ticket \nTriple Letter Sponsor: $250 – Basic Benefits & Team Registration (4 tickets) \nDouble Word Sponsor: $500 – Basic Benefits & Team Registration (4 tickets)\, half-page ad & more! \nTriple Word Sponsor: $1\,000 – Basic Benefits & Table Registration (2 teams\, 8 tickets)\, full-page ad & more! \nSEE SPONSOR BENEFITS AND DETAILS! \nREGISTER ONLINE TO BECOME A SPONSOR! \nMANY THANKS TO OUR WONDERFUL SPONSORS! \n  \n \n  \nMatching funds from the Ausherman Family Foundation will double your donation!\n \n 
URL:https://www.frederickliteracy.org/event/scrabble-mania-literacy/
LOCATION:Dutch’s Daughter Restaurant\, 581 Himes Ave.\, Frederick\, MD\, 21703
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SUMMARY:READy for Summer Book Campaign
DESCRIPTION:The more kids read\, the better readers they become! Help us send a new book home for the summer with children served by Blessings in a Backpack Frederick. This campaign is a collaboration between Blessings in a Backpack\, Curious Iguana bookstore\, Frederick County Public Libraries and the Literacy Council of Frederick County. \nTogether\, we can… \n\nPut books in the hands of children who need them\nCombat “summer slide”- the decline in reading skills that can happen when school’s not in session\nEnsure that more kids are ready to read and succeed when school starts this fall\n\nWith your help\, 1\,000 Frederick County students in pre-k\, kindergarten\, and first grade will receive a brand new book in their backpacks before summer break begins! \nTo donate one or more of the titles on our READy for Summer book list: \n\nBring a new book from the READy for Summer book list below to the Literacy Council or make a donation to the Literacy Council anytime through May 12th\, designating the READy for Summer Campaign.  We will use the funds to purchase books from the list and deliver them on your behalf to Blessings in a Backpack.\nPurchase books through Curious Iguana’s website. Curious Iguana will deliver all books purchased through their website or in their store to Blessings in a Backpack.\nPurchase books from other retailers and drop off at Blessings in a Backpack\, 1016 N. Market St. (black bins on back porch)\, or the Literacy Council of Frederick County\, 110 E. Patrick St. (call 301-600-2066 for directions)\nImportant: Donations must be titles on our READy for Summer book list. New books only\, please. Book campaign ends on Sunday\, May 12.\n\nFor PreK\nThank you!  We have reached our goal for PreK books!\nPlease make your selection from the Kindergarten and First Grade titles. \nFor Kindergarten\nAll Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold • Circle by Mac Barnett\nCrunch\, the Shy Dinosaur by Cirocco Dunlap • Quackers by Liz Wong \nFor First Grade\nThe Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson • Niblet & Ralph by Zachariah Ohora\nNo Boring Stories! by Julie Falatko • There Are No Bears in This Bakery by Julia Sarcone-Roach
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SUMMARY:Holiday Book Drive
DESCRIPTION:The Literacy Council of Frederick County is again partnering with Curious Iguana and Barnes & Noble Booksellers for our Annual Holiday Book Drive for the benefit of Blessings in a Backpack (BIAB) to provide new books for pre K – 6th grade children. \nBlessings in a Backpack\, Frederick\, provides weekend backpacks of supplemental nutrition to approximately 2\,500+ children in 17 Frederick County schools. Many of the children depend on school meals as their primary source of nutrition Monday–Friday but are at risk of going hungry from lunch in school on Friday until breakfast on Monday morning. Donated books will be included in these backpacks before the winter break. While the Literacy Council serves adult literacy needs\, providing appealing\, age-appropriate books to children fosters literacy at a young age and helps to break the cycle of illiteracy in families. \nBIAB\, along with Frederick County Public School teachers\, has prepared a recommended book list from which to make your selections. Please select a book from this list to help ensure that BIAB will have an equitable selection of grade level appropriate books for all the children in the program.  This list is also available at Barnes and Noble and Curious Iguana.\n \nTo participate in the Holiday Book Drive\, you may purchase and donate books at either Curious Iguana in downtown Frederick (12 N. Market St.) or Barnes & Noble Booksellers at FSK Mall (5500 Buckeystown Pike).  Or you may simply purchase a book and drop it off at the Literacy Council’s office at 110 E. Patrick St.  The drive for BIAB will run from November 12 through noon on December 17. \nAs of December 14\, we are short about 325 books for 3 grade levels – Pre-K\, 4th and 5th (see edited book list)\, and have extended the drive until December 17. Please help us meet the goal so that each child will have a new book!  All books must be dropped off at the Literacy Council office by noon on Monday the 17th\, or in the drop off box at either Curious Iguana or Barnes and Noble at FSK mall by the end of the day on Sunday the 16th.  If you are unable to go purchase a book but would like to help\, you may make a monetary donation through our website designating the donation for the Book Drive in the Purpose of Donation section\, and we will purchase the book/s on your behalf.\n \nYou can still participate from December 17 through January 1 through Barnes and Noble or until December 24 by bringing books directly to the Literacy Council office.  Book selections after December 12 can be for children of any age. Donors often like to share a childhood favorite or just encourage the habit of reading in a child. We request no religious holiday themed books so that we are not limited in distributing them. The Literacy Council will donate books given after December 12 to other local organizations serving children or use them to support the Council’s parent literacy program. \nThe Holiday Book Drive\, now in its 12th year\, has provided books for several local agencies including Head Start\, the YMCA’s Early Learning Center\, Toys for Tots\, Advocates for Homeless Families\, and Children of Incarcerated Parents (COIP) as well as Blessings in a Backpack. \n 
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SUMMARY:2018 Unity Campaign
DESCRIPTION:The Literacy Council is again honored to be one of 31 nonprofit organizations participating in the Unity Campaign for Frederick County!  The Campaign\, hosted by United Way of Frederick County\, is committed to providing those in need with access to basic resources. With an extensive number of supporters from a variety of backgrounds\, it’s our mission to ensure that everyone in our community has what they need to live a successful life. \nLiteracy is the basis for success in all other areas of life and enables people to gain better employment to provide food\, clothing\, shelter and health care for themselves and their families. And the children of literate parents are much more likely to succeed in school. \nThe 2018 campaign will launch with a Kickoff Event on September 11th. The event will feature professional storytellers speaking on the power of unity and community. The event will be streamed via Facebook Live on the Unity Campaign Frederick Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/UnityCampaignFrederick/. \nHowever\, the campaign is currently running and accepting donations! The majority of fundraising will take place during the “12 Days of Giving” which begins on September 13th and continues through September 24th.  Please consider donating by designating the Literacy Council of Frederick County or by supporting the campaign as a whole.  Matching funds will provide more bang for your donated bucks! \nVisit http://www.unityfrederick.com/ to learn more about the campaign. \nTo donate online to the Literacy Council\, please visit our Unity Campaign page. Or download the Mail-in Donation Form to send a check.
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SUMMARY:Annual Holiday Book Drive
DESCRIPTION:The Literacy Council of Frederick County is again partnering with Curious Iguana and Barnes & Noble Booksellers for the benefit of Blessings in a Backpack (BIAB) to provide new books for pre K – 8th grade children.  BIAB serves 2100 children in 15 Frederick County schools who depend on school meals as their primary source of nourishment Monday – Friday by providing weekend backpacks of food. Donated books will be included in these backpacks before the winter break. While the Literacy Council serves adult literacy needs\, providing appealing\, age-appropriate books to children fosters literacy at a young age and helps to break the cycle of illiteracy in families. \nTo participate in the Holiday Book Drive\, you may purchase and donate books at either Curious Iguana in downtown Frederick (12 N. Market St.) or Barnes & Noble Booksellers at FSK Mall (5500 Buckeystown Pike).  Or you may simply purchase a book and drop it off at the Literacy Council’s office at 110 E. Patrick St.  The drive will run through December 15\, but donors can continue to participate through Barnes & Noble until January 1\, 2018. \nBook selections should be for pre-kindergarten through middle school age children.  Donors often like to share a childhood favorite or just encourage the habit of reading in a child.  BIAB is unable to distribute books with a specific religious holiday theme\, so they request there be no Christmas-themed books. \nThe Holiday Book Drive\, now in its 11th year\, has provided books for several local agencies including Head Start\, the YMCA’s Early Learning Center\, Toys for Tots\, Advocates for Homeless Families\, and Children of Incarcerated Parents (COIP) as well as Blessings in a Backpack.  In May\, 2017\, Barnes & Noble and Curious Iguana were recognized by the Literacy Council with its Business & Industry Partners in Literacy awards. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.frederickliteracy.org/event/annual-holiday-book-drive/
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