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At READWe’re getting connected with Twitter, Facebook and Linked In. Follow us, make us a friend and link up with us. We made news with our Family Literacy Day celebration in partnership with Orca Books. See the Victoria Times Colonist story here. Feed the body. Feed the brain. Be part of our year-round campaign to collect donations of non-perishable food and new or gently-used books. We will distribute the food to local food banks. Books will be given to the Sooke Literacy Project and the Peninsula Collections for Early Childhood (PCEC) "1000 X 5" Children's Book Recycling Project. You can bring donations to any of our locations. H1N1 flu virus precautionary strategies are underway at all our locations. More … On our siteSkillsPlus case studies on Greater Victoria businesses are available in our Workplace Learning section. Our students’ writing from fall sessions is featured in Student Showcase. In literacy newsA National Strategy for Early Literacy has been released by the Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network. Check out this link … For the latest developments in the literacy field, visit Literacy BC. |
   
We have provided non-profit literacy and learning programs for children, youth and adults since 1976. Skills and confidence help weld a new lifeChris’s low literacy skills were once the “biggest secret” of his life, but today, the 43-year-old father of two has the confidence to admit what he doesn’t know – and what he has learned. “I don’t care who knows now, because I know what I am going to achieve,” he says. Chris came to READ to complete his Grade 12. He survived an alcoholic and abusive home, and dropped out of school when he was 15 because he needed to support himself. He fell into a life of drugs and alcohol, but today counts four years sober. Though he worked as a chef and a superintendent on construction sites, he couldn’t do basic math or spell well. “I knew how to fake it, or else get someone to do it for me.” With READ’s help, Chris says his mind has opened, and he has discovered the joy of writing. “My spirits and my confidence have had such a boost.” Now he’s focused on getting his welding certificate and making a new life. “I can do it.” |
