http://ccliteracy.org Read to Succeed! Mon, 05 May 2008 18:46:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Scrabble Tournament is an event we hold each year to raise money to support our literacy programs. Team Scrabble is a little different from individual Scrabble in that teams work with all the tiles simultaneously to fill the scrabble board.  In one round, extra letters may be purchased.   Companies ... http://ccliteracy.org/2007/10/10/scrabble-tournament/    The mayor of the City of Corpus Christi read a proclamation On Sept. 11, 2007.  A few days earlier, on Sept. 6, The Literacy Council presented a Literacy Day award to American Bank, for their continued support of literacy and other events that make this a better community. http://ccliteracy.org/2007/08/23/international-literacy-day-september-8-2007/ What a wonderful event! Thanks to The Corpus Christi Mustangs, American Bank, Patsy and Charlie Winn, and all our sponsors for their support.  Photo of the group who made it possible: Thanks to Pete Lutz, Studio f6.3  Please visit our Gallery to view many more great photos from this fun event!  http://ccliteracy.org/2007/08/01/lone-star-gala-2007/ Bridges to Practice training team is available for Corpus Christi on Friday July 13 (6-9pm), Friday July 20 (6-9pm) and Saturday July 21 (9-4pm). This training event will be a total of 12 hours. Participants need to come to all components. Location: Corpus Christi Literacy Council, 4044 Greenwood Dr. (78416) phone 857-5896 This in-depth workshop is designed ... http://ccliteracy.org/2007/05/24/bridges-to-practice-a-workshop-about-learning-disabilities-in-adults/ Over twenty teams bowled to raise funds for literacy on July 29, 2007.  Your next chance to form a team will be on July 27, 2008!  Challenge your competitors!  Location: Saratoga Lanes Time: 12:30 to 4:00 P.M. Cost: $150 per team of 4 people Call 857-5896 for registration and information.  You can e-mail us ... http://ccliteracy.org/2007/04/04/musical-show-for-children-benefits-literacy-april-17-2007/       The April '07  graduates from our tutor training!   Voluneers look through available materials for tutoring.   Individual tutoring session http://ccliteracy.org/2007/03/22/tutor-training-april-14-2007/ Adults unable to speak English are taught survival English, as well as how to read and write English, by a volunteer tutor or classroom instruction. http://ccliteracy.org/2007/01/27/english-as-a-second-language-esl/ Adults are taught to read and write English from entry level through fifth grade. The program is available year-round through one-on-one tutoring or classroom instruction. http://ccliteracy.org/2007/01/21/basic-literacy/