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Breakfast Rotary, Altrusa award more than $20K in literacy grants

Posted at 3:33 am April 1, 2015
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Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotar and Altrusa International

Pictured from left to right front row are Ann Mostoller (Altrusa), Lisa Buckner, Kay Hall, Alana Hunsaker, Rhoni Basden,Gwen Harrell and Beck Hook. In the second row are Christina Young (ORBRC), Judy Trimble (Altrusa), Ginger Adams, Sheila Michaels, Terry Peck, Jill McMaster, Trudy Wideman, Liz Herdses, and Austin Lance (ORBRC). (Submitted photo)

 

The Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club and Altrusa International of Oak Ridge recently presented grant awards from the Literacy 4 Lunch Grant Award Program.

Lack of literacy skills continues to be a serious problem in the lives of many of our East Tennessee neighbors and for many throughout the world, a press release said.

“Non-readers and below-grade readers cannot realize their full potential in life, which in turn adversely affects our local and national economies and society in general,” the release said.

To address these needs, the Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club and Altrusa International of Oak Ridge co-sponsor an annual fundraiser, Lunch 4 Literacy. Proceeds from the March 2014 event that featured Denise Kiernan, author of “The Girls of the Atomic City,” provide the financial basis for these grants. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Education, Front Page News, K-12, Nonprofits, Top Stories Tagged With: ADFAC, Altrusa, Altrusa International, Altrusa International of Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Breakfast Rotary, Denise Kiernan, Emory Valley Early Learning Center, Girls Inc., Glenwood Elementary School, Linden Elementary School, literacy, Literacy 4 Lunch, Literacy 4 Lunch Grant Award, literacy grants, Lunch-4-Literacy, Midtown Elementary School Library, Norris Middle School, Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club, Roane County, Roane Imagination Library, The Girls of the Atomic City, TORCH, Willow Brook Elementary School

‘Secret City Girls’ featured at AAUW luncheon Monday

Posted at 8:13 pm October 27, 2013
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Taking a cue from the book, “The Girls of the Atomic City,” by Denise Kiernan, the Monday luncheon program of the AAUW Oak Ridge Branch will feature a panel of Girls of the Secret City, a press release said.

Colleen Black, Lynn Fortenbery, Cleva Marrow, and Dot Wilkinson will share their experiences about how they came to Oak Ridge from various states and the early days in the new community and their varied jobs, the release said. They will talk about their first impressions of Oak Ridge and happenings in their new home town. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News Tagged With: AAUW, AAUW Oak Ridge Branch, American Association of University Women, Cleva Marrow, Colleen Black, Denise Kiernan, Dot Wilkinson, First Presbyterian Church, Lynn Fortenbery, Secret City Girls, The Girls of the Atomic City

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