May 29, 2012 at 2:38 PM | Posted in AmeriCorps, Announcements, Class, Development, ESOL, Family Learning, Teaching, Tutoring, Volunteers | Comments Off on THANK YOU for Supporting Footprints for Hope!
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On Saturday, May 19, 2012, 240 participants, sponsors, and 50+ volunteers came together for the Footprints for Hope 5K Run and 3 Mile/1 Mile Walk. The event took place at Connections for Hope, which is a partnership of service providers and nonprofit organizations, including LCNV. Footprints for Hope was a great success! The Literacy Council and its partners raised over $32,750!
Footprints for Hope participants had fun running or walking, and socialized at the end of the race over generously donated food and drinks. Connections for Hope held a raffle and there were a variety of prizes, which included tickets to a National’s game, as well as admission to “The Music Man” at Arena Stage. There was even dancing and hoola-hooping, as a DJ played song after song, keeping participants motivated and energized.
The Literacy Council of Northern Virginia would like to thank everyone who supported Footprints for Hope! Specifically, we’d like to thank our sponsors, Booz Allen Hamilton and BB&T. We would also like to extend a big thank you to LCNV board members John Odenwelder and Victor Pa, our top fundraisers!
See what happened at Footprints for Hope. Watch the slideshow below. To view more photos, visit: Footprints for Hope Photos.
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Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 237-0866
www.lcnv.org
May 18, 2012 at 1:34 PM | Posted in AmeriCorps, Announcements, Class, Development, ESOL, Family Learning, Teaching, Tutoring, Volunteers | Comments Off on Footprints for Hope is Tomorrow!
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Support the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia tomorrow! Participate in the Footprints for Hope 5K Run or 3 Mile/1 Mile Walk, taking place at Connections for Hope, a partnership of nonprofit organizations and service providers.
Date: Saturday, May 19, 2012 @ 8:00 AM
*8 AM Registration, 9 AM Walk/Run Starts
*Registration closes Saturday, May 19, 2012
Address: Connections for Hope
13525 Dulles Technology Dr., Ste.103
Herndon, VA 20171
SCHEDULE
8:00AM – Registration at Connections for Hope
9:00AM – 5K Run Begins
9:05AM – 3M Walk Begins
9:10AM – 1M Walk Begins
9:30AM – Community Festival
COURSE – Course Map
The 5K & 3M certified course starts and finishes in front of Connections for Hope and winds it’s way through the surrounding neighborhood. There will be one water station at about the half-way mark. The 1M course is a scenic route through the parkland, to the gazebo, behind the building. Course map.
REGISTRATION: click here to register online. With your registration form, pick the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia so that your registration counts towards our team. There will be walk-in registration on Saturday morning, which will be located inside Connections for Hope building. Look for the “Walk-In Registration Sign” in registration. Runners and Walkers will receive t-shirts and bags as you check in.
PRE-REGISTERED PACKET PICK UP: Starts at 8am, Saturday, May 19th. Located inside the Connections for Hope building. Runners and Walkers who have pre-registered proceed to Registration. T-shirts and bags will be handed out at check-in. 5K runners will receive a bib along with their bag.
INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING? There’s still time to sign-up for a shift. We would love your help! Footprints for Hope volunteers will be wearing orange t-shirts on Saturday. They will be able to assist you and/or answer questions you may have.
DONATE to LCNV’s Walk for Hope Team: http://www.active.com/donate/footprintsforhope/lcnv. Every $50 raised, your name gets entered into a drawing for an iPad!
Come out and support the Literacy Council at Footprints for Hope! We look forward to seeing you tomorrow!
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 237-0866
www.lcnv.org
May 17, 2012 at 1:31 PM | Posted in AmeriCorps, Announcements, Class, Development, ESOL, Family Learning, Teaching, Tutoring, Volunteers | Comments Off on Don’t Forget to Sign Up for Footprints for Hope
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Support the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia this Saturday. Participate in the Footprints for Hope 5K Run or 3 Mile/1 Mile Walk, taking place at Connections for Hope, a partnership of nonprofit organizations and service providers.
Date: Saturday, May 19, 2012 @ 8:00 AM
*8 AM Registration, 9 AM Walk/Run Starts
*Registration closes Saturday, May 19, 2012
Address: Connections for Hope
13525 Dulles Technology Dr., Ste.103
Herndon, VA 20171
Exercise and have fun at Footprints for Hope while helping our neighbors in need. As one of the six beneficiary charities, the Literacy Council needs your support.
- Volunteer: Examples of tasks you might be doing include registering walkers, setting up the course, distributing water, cleaning up the course and helping with entertainment and hospitality.Sign up for a shift today.
Support Footprints for Hope this May 19th, and leave your footprint with LCNV.
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 237-0866
www.lcnv.org
May 15, 2012 at 12:12 PM | Posted in AmeriCorps, Announcements, Class, Development, ESOL, Family Learning, Student Stories, Teaching, Tutoring, Volunteers | 1 Comment
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By. Lisbeth Goldberg
There was an announcement by the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia regarding their next volunteer tutor training for ESOL; it’s a structured training program on three consecutive Saturdays, and they assign you a specific student.
I immediately phoned and signed up because I’d been wasting my Saturdays, and I always liked training classes. The three Saturdays were really excellent, with about 35 people in the class. I was assigned an Ethiopian lady who’d completed eight years of school in her home country. She knew a few English words and some of the letters, but couldn’t write her name in English and could not converse in English.
Yesterday, at 4:00 pm, I met with my student, and two of her daughters at an Alexandria Branch Library. The eldest daughter is a college student. Her sister is a senior in high school, and there is another sister who is a junior in high school. The girls were delightful, with an easy laugh. Mom had a solemn face, and she just looked down and sighed. The girls were doing all the talking.
The Literacy Council sends you off to your first meeting well prepared. There are three flyers on a) what to do in your first session; b ) needs assessment and goal setting, and c) a form to be signed by the student, an agreement to study and practice. The eldest daughter read the student agreement to her mom. When they got to the sentence, “Promise to do my homework,” the girls started giggling and laughing at the idea of Mother doing homework. When the daughters got to the statement, “If the student doesn’t do her homework, the teacher might not teach her anymore,” they couldn’t stop laughing. Mom remained rather somber, sighing, and with no eye contact.
Then we began the lesson introducing ourselves by name. I asked the student how I should pronounce her name, and practiced it several times. She listened and practiced pronouncing my name. We did lots of repeats. Needless to say, Amharic and English have very different sounds to some letters and vowels. When Mom got it right, I gave a big smile and clapped my hands — very good. She clapped back and looked me in the eye, even smiled. I had explained to her, she may be a beginning student, but I was certainly a beginning teacher.
I was about to give her a homework assignment, to practice copying her name in English and then write it next class, but she was a step ahead of me. [She] told her daughter to tell me she would practice for next class, and proudly said my name with a big smile.
After the first meeting, the class is one-on-one. But the eldest daughter said that her mom really needed help, so the three daughters will rotate accompanying Mom to class. I’m extra lucky. I have these beautiful, enthusiastic daughters to work with me and to help their Mother learn English. They each thanked me with a handshake, a smile, and a bow on their way out.
I was on a high; it was the best of times!
Please consider becoming a Volunteer Tutor like Lisbeth. Visit Tutoring or email volunteers@lcnv.org.
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 237-0866
www.lcnv.org
May 11, 2012 at 2:22 PM | Posted in AmeriCorps, Announcements, Class, Development, ESOL, Family Learning, Teaching, Tutoring, Volunteers | Comments Off on Volunteer at Footprints for Hope
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Grab a friend and volunteer with the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia at the Footprints for Hope 5K Run and 3 Mile/1 Mile Walk.
Footprints for Hope is an opportunity to have fun while helping our neighbors in need. Volunteer, run or walk, or donate to LCNV on Saturday, May 19, 2012. Footprints for Hope will be held at Connections for Hope, a partnership of nonprofit organizations and service providers. Registration begins at 8 AM.
As one of the six beneficiary charities, the Literacy Council needs the support of volunteers. Examples of tasks you might be doing include registering walkers, setting up the course, distributing water, cleaning up the course and helping with entertainment and hospitality. Sign up for a shift today!
Unable to volunteer? Run or Walk at Footprints for Hope. With your registration form, pick the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia so that your registration counts towards our team. Click here to register: http://www.active.com/donate/footprintsforhope.
Not in town or have other plans? Support the Literacy Council by donating to our Walk for Hope team: http://www.active.com/donate/footprintsforhope/lcnv. Help us provide adult learners with one-on-one tutoring and English language instruction right in their own neighborhood.
Support literacy on May 19th, and leave your footprint.
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 237-0866
www.lcnv.org
May 9, 2012 at 12:57 PM | Posted in AmeriCorps, Announcements, Class, Development, ESOL, Family Learning, Teaching, Tutoring, Uncategorized, Volunteers | Comments Off on “25 Inspiring Literacy Projects Around the World”
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Recently, friends at Online Universities shared a fascinating blog: “25 Inspiring Literacy Projects Around the World.” The blog highlights projects that promote reading and writing through bilingual education, poetry, technology, etc. While illustrating the global impact of literacy, the article mentions organizations such as Better World Books, the Olinga Foundation for Human Development, National Braille Press, and Lit World. An excerpt follows:
A literate, educated society is a safer, healthier, and more prosperous society. So promoting reading, writing, and other academic subjects stands as crucial to keeping humanity from wrecking itself before it checks itself. Local, national, and global initiatives lead the way in keeping the peace and promoting prosperity through knowledge. Whether wanting to start one up or to join in an organization or event already in progress, the following organizations can certainly inspire one’s sense of social justice and equality….
Take a moment to read “25 Inspiring Literacy Projects Around the World,” and learn about the different ways organizations are promoting literacy and changing lives.
Follow LCNV’s Literacy Live Blog and learn how we are bringing much needed literacy services to Northern Virginia:
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 237-0866
www.lcnv.org
May 4, 2012 at 2:25 PM | Posted in AmeriCorps, Announcements, Class, Development, ESOL, Family Learning, Teaching, Tutoring, Volunteers | Comments Off on Support LCNV at Footprints for Hope
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What if a footprint could make an impact on someone’s life?
Join us for Footprints for Hope and you CAN set someone on the path to empowerment!
Connections for Hope is a partnership of nonprofit organizations and other service providers that operate under one roof in Herndon to provide individuals and families in need with access to an integrated array of services. From medical care to job skills training, homework assistance to legal counseling, English classes to homelessness prevention, these and other services at Connections for Hope foster the self-sufficiency, good health and education that people of all ages and cultures need so that they can participate constructively in their communities.
Your gift toward our Walk for Hope team will help LCNV provide adult learners with the English language and literacy instruction that they desperately need, right in their own neighborhood.
Support LCNV on May 19th and leave your footprint.
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 237-0866
www.lcnv.org
May 2, 2012 at 12:27 PM | Posted in AmeriCorps, Announcements, Class, Development, ESOL, Family Learning, Teaching, Tutoring, Volunteers | Comments Off on Love the Literacy Council Today on Spring2ACTion Day!
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Today is the day – Spring2ACTion is here! For the next 24 hours, our community will come together to support Alexandria non-profits. Will you help us? If you give today, the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia could win up to $30,000 in grants and prizes!
Go online today and support the Literacy Council on Spring2ACTion day: http://spring2action.razoo.com/story/Lcnv
While helping LCNV become eligible for $30,000 in grants and prizes, your donation can also:
- enable LCNV to bring much needed literacy services to adults in Northern Virginia;
- fund a scholarship for one adult learner;
- train two tutors to work one-to-one with adult learners;
- support a mother and her two children through a 12-week Family Learning class;
- sponsor a class of 30 adult learners.
Help us spread the word and let everyone you know that today is the day to give to Alexandria nonprofits! Tell your friends! Forward this blog! Share it on Facebook and Twitter! Follow the leader board and help the Literacy Council get to the top! Visit the live leader board at Spring2ACTion.Razoo.com and cheer us on!
Ready, Set, Give! Support literacy in Alexandria today – Spring2ACTion day! Thank you for your support!
Be Generous. Be Alexandria.
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 237-0866
www.lcnv.org
THANK YOU for Supporting Footprints for Hope!
May 29, 2012 at 2:38 PM | Posted in AmeriCorps, Announcements, Class, Development, ESOL, Family Learning, Teaching, Tutoring, Volunteers | Comments Off on THANK YOU for Supporting Footprints for Hope!Tags: active.com, alumni, AmeriCorps, americorps partners, Announcements, Basic Adult Literacy, Class, Connections for Hope, Development, ESOL, Family Learning, footprints for hope, Free Clinic Warriors, Free Clinic Warriors $1, friends, giving, Grumman Team's Fundraising, helping children worldwide, herndon, Jeanie Schmidt Free Clinic, john odenwelder, Just Neighbors, LCNV, lcnv board of directors, lcnv learners, leave your footprint, literacy council, literacy council of northern virginia, literacy services, make an impact, May 19, northern virginia, NOVA ScriptsCentral, partnership of nonprofit organizations, Reston Interfaith, run for a cause, run for LCNV, run for literacy, set someone on the path to empowerment, show support, teaching, thank you!, tutoring, Vecinos Unidos, victor pa, Volunteer, Volunteers | Leave a comment Edit this post Tags: 685.00 Literacy Council of Northern Virginia $1, Volunteers | Leave a comment Edit this post Tags: active, Volunteers | Leave a comment Edit this post Tags: volunteers, walk for a cause, walk for hope, walk for literacy
On Saturday, May 19, 2012, 240 participants, sponsors, and 50+ volunteers came together for the Footprints for Hope 5K Run and 3 Mile/1 Mile Walk. The event took place at Connections for Hope, which is a partnership of service providers and nonprofit organizations, including LCNV. Footprints for Hope was a great success! The Literacy Council and its partners raised over $32,750!
Footprints for Hope participants had fun running or walking, and socialized at the end of the race over generously donated food and drinks. Connections for Hope held a raffle and there were a variety of prizes, which included tickets to a National’s game, as well as admission to “The Music Man” at Arena Stage. There was even dancing and hoola-hooping, as a DJ played song after song, keeping participants motivated and energized.
The Literacy Council of Northern Virginia would like to thank everyone who supported Footprints for Hope! Specifically, we’d like to thank our sponsors, Booz Allen Hamilton and BB&T. We would also like to extend a big thank you to LCNV board members John Odenwelder and Victor Pa, our top fundraisers!
See what happened at Footprints for Hope. Watch the slideshow below. To view more photos, visit: Footprints for Hope Photos.
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Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 237-0866
www.lcnv.org