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Literacy Outreach Receives Generous Gift

  Anonymous donor donates building to local nonprofit.  An anonymous donor has gifted Literacy Outreach with a new building. Literacy Outreach will open its new building in downtown Glenwood Springs in March, 2013. When the organization moves to its new building at 1127 School Street, the nonprofit will be able to accommodate all of its […]

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International Literacy Day – September 8

International Literacy Day Students at Literacy Outreach and 30 million other Americans struggle daily with the painstaking task of deciphering simple, yet distressingly important, messages.  With your help, we can teach local adults to read product and employee manuals, pill bottles, warning labels, job applications, ballots, school reports and their own children’s notes.  Literacy is […]

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September is Library Card Sign-up Month

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month.  Please encourage your student to get a library card.  The  most important school supply of all is @ your library®–it’s your library card. Visit your local library today!  For more information about getting a library card, please visit the Garfield County Public Library’s website.  http://www.garfieldlibraries.org/content/get-library-card

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Literacy Outreach Receives $17,000 Grant

Literacy Outreach has been awarded a grant of $17,000 by Aspen Community Foundation. “We are very grateful to be awarded this grant from Aspen Community Foundation. They are an excellent organization who helps support the local nonprofits throughout our valley,” said Martha Fredendall, Executive Director for Literacy Outreach. According to Fredendall, the grant will be […]

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7 Reasons Reading is Power!

Reading is Power and here’s why: People who read earn more money. People who read empower others. People who read empower themselves. People who read have a voice. People who read improve their lives. People who read reach their full potential. People who read vote. If you know someone who needs our services, please contact […]

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