Did you know that Tri-County Literacy Council is holding a

1/4  Chicken Fundraiser Dinner

on Sunday, January 31st 2010?

It's both a fundraising event for our popular Community Homework & After-school Programs (CHAP) and the closing celebration of Family Literacy Week.

The event runs from 4:30 until 7 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion in Cornwall, located at the corner of 2nd & Cumberland Streets. Tickets are available in advance only and sell for just $10 each. You may get yours at the agency.

Please ask for Don.

Thank you for supporting our first Read-a-thon 2009!

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New CHAP site opened at Christ Church in Long Sault

Our newest CHAP site, sponsored by Christ Church Anglican in Long Sault, will run every Thursday from 2:15 to 4:30 pm at their Church Hall on 2 Bethune Ave. (access through the parking lot).

Thanks to this community group’s efforts, participating CHAP students from this area will have spacious, kid-friendly rooms to work and play in. We invite all families to explore this After School opportunity under development in their neighbourhood.

An interesting article was published in the Standard Freeholder about this new Community Partnership. Please click here to read the full article.

New Essential Skills Course started

Tri-County Literacy Council is pleased to announce that we have received funding from the Community Futures Development Corporation to offer a new job training curriculum called Retail/Customer Service.  This project allows Tri-County Literacy Council to partner with Zellers HBC Inc. to offer students an opportunity to visit the job site and job shadow. Zellers has agreed to interview each student who successfully completes the course.

Free Online Courses!!

The Learning Hub is once again offering a wide of range of free online courses aimed at improving basic literacy.  To view the Fall/Winter 2009 schedule, click the link: http://www.learninghub.ca/coursecalendar.htm 

Participation in courses will be acknowledge with a certificate.  For more information, contact Tri-County Literacy Council at 613.932.7161 or

Email: tri-countyliteracy@on.aibn..com.