Corpus Christi Literacy Council

Trivia Teams Compete and Have Fun

Trivia Night Was resoundingly fun on Sept. 9. You may remember that the folks working on the new future water park on Aug. 19 somehow disrupted the water pipes leading to the Ortiz Center, leaving the facility without AC or water. No flushing, no event in Aug. But we regrouped and still had fun. We hope to repeat the experience January 20, 2012: 7 p.m., Ortiz Center, $25 per person, ten persons per team. How does it work? Click here to find out.
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Teach the Parent, Reach the Child*
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Thanks to the Coastal Bend Community Foundation for their recent gift of $5,000.

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Imagine not being able to read…

How would you use the internet … fill out a job application … communicate with your child’s teacher?

Millions of Americans cannot read well enough to get two facts from a newspaper article. Even in this day and age, one American adult in seven is illiterate. Fortunately, there are ways to escape from that situation. CBS News correspondent Byron Pitts
looks at some personal stories of illiteracy, including his own.

The functional illiteracy rate in Nueces County is 17%.  That is almost one in five persons. For a county by county description of the illiteracy rate in Texas, click here. The Corpus Christi Literacy Council has been teaching adults to read since 1986.
*The phrase, “Teach the Parent, Reach the Child” comes from the Adult Reading Center in Pearland, Tx. When we help an adult learn to read, we open doors for the whole family.
Corpus Christi Literacy Council is a member of the Executive Directors Council of the Coastal Bend