Run 2 Read June 8, 2013
- Posted on 12th February 2013
- in Events, Run2Read
- by Macomb Literacy Partners
Mark your calendars and start training! Macomb Literacy Partners and Oakland Literacy Council are teaming up to raise money to fight illiteracy in Macomb and Oakland Counties. This year the race is on June 8, 2013, at Stony Creek Metropark and features a 10K Run and a 5K Run [...]
Macomb Literacy Partners is coming to Warren!
- Posted on 6th May 2013
- in Events, Volunteers
- by Macomb Literacy Partners
Macomb Literacy Partners currently have a great need for tutors in Warren, so we are holding a Tutor Training Workshop at the Warren Community Center on July 13th and 20th, both days are Saturdays, from 9:30 am- 3:30 pm, and attendance is required both days. Macomb Literacy Partners is a [...]
Tradition: Macomb Literacy Partners Stay-at-Home Tea
- Posted on 3rd May 2013
- in fundraiser, Info
- by Macomb Literacy Partners
Macomb Literacy Partners has many traditions, as do most organizations that have been around for 29 years! One tradition, as predictable as daffodils blooming in spring, is our Annual Stay-at-Home Tea fundraiser. Each year Macomb Literacy Partners asks its supporters to contribute, so that we can continue to provide [...]
Spring and Summer Training Workshops
- Posted on 2nd May 2013
- in Events, Volunteers
- by Macomb Literacy Partners
Macomb Literacy Partners is happy to announce we will be offering three Tutor Training Workshops for Spring and Summer 2013. To make it convenient for all who would like to attend, these workshops are all scheduled on Saturdays. Since we have a great need for tutors in Warren and [...]
In Honor of March is Reading Month, MLP recognizes Mt. Clemens Rotary
- Posted on 7th March 2013
- in Uncategorized
- by Macomb Literacy Partners
In honor of March is Reading Month, Macomb Literacy Partners would like to recognize the Mount Clemens Rotary Club and Foundation. Over the years, Mt. Clemens Rotary has been a generous donor and partner to Macomb Literacy Partners. Once again, Macomb Literacy Partners is listed as one of six beneficiaries [...]
MLP chosen as a last minute beneficiary of Star Studded Red Wings fundraiser!
- Posted on 12th April 2013
- in Events, fundraiser
- by Macomb Literacy Partners
Attention Red Wing Fans! Would you like to watch next Wednesday’s game against the Calgary Flames with Dino Ciccarelli, Chris Chelios, Chris Draper, Kirk Maltby and Chris Osgood? How about having them sign your favorite Red Wings items before the game? Macomb Literacy Partners has been chosen as last [...]
Read to Me Rosco will be at Lakeside Mall this Saturday!!
- Posted on 11th April 2013
- in Events, Read to Me, Rosco!
- by Macomb Literacy Partners
Great Start Macomb and Macomb Literacy Partners work together to bring MLP’s family literacy program “Read to Me Rosco” to Macomb County families with young children. As part of this program, Rosco the Clown performs and reads to children and distributes reading and learning materials. This Saturday April 13, 2013 [...]
March is Reading Month-Purdue Online Writing Lab
- Posted on 5th March 2013
- in Events, Info, March is Reading Month, Resources, Volunteers
- by Macomb Literacy Partners
In honor of March is Reading Month Macomb Literacy Partners would like to recommend a writing resource produced by Perdue University. The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ is a great resource for writing and teaching writing, research, grammar and mechanics, style guides, and English as a second language. [...]
March is Reading Month and today is Tennessee Williams’ Birthday
- Posted on 26th March 2013
- in Book Suggestion, Events, Info, March is Reading Month
- by Macomb Literacy Partners
Playwright and Author Tennessee Williams’ Birthday (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983). He was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs. Williams received virtually all of the top theatrical awards including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for A Streetcar Named [...]
March is Reading Month – Book Suggestion
- Posted on 25th March 2013
- in Book Suggestion, Events, March is Reading Month
- by Macomb Literacy Partners
In honor of March is Reading Month, Deanna Rose, Macomb Literacy Partners PR volunteer, recommends The Alchemist, a novel by Paulo Coelho, published in 1988. Originally written in Portuguese, it has been translated into at least 56 languages. The Alchemist follows a young Andalusian shepherd named Santiago in his journey to Egypt, after having a recurring [...]
March is Reading Month and today is James Patterson’s Birthday
- Posted on 22nd March 2013
- in Book Suggestion, Events, March is Reading Month
- by Macomb Literacy Partners
Today is the birthday of author James Patterson who was born on March 22, 1947. He has penned thriller novels and is largely known for his series about fictional psychologist Alex Cross, the Alex Cross series. Patterson also wrote, Women’s Murder Club, Maximum Ride, Daniel X, and the Witch and Wizard series, as well as many stand-alone [...]
In honor of March is Reading Month MLP would like to recognize partner Leadership Macomb
- Posted on 21st March 2013
- in Events, March is Reading Month, Uncategorized
- by Macomb Literacy Partners
Macomb Literacy Partners would like to recognize Leadership Macomb and their event A Swingin’ Spring Fling fundraising event. Ken Lampar, Executive Director of Macomb Literacy Partners, will be a member of Leadership Macomb’s Class of 2012/2013. Leadership Macomb is a non-profit organization whose nine-month program brings together leaders from numerous [...]
March is Reading Month- MLP Book Suggestion
- Posted on 20th March 2013
- in Book Suggestion, Events, Info, March is Reading Month, Resources
- by Macomb Literacy Partners
In honor of March is Reading Month and the 148th anniversary of the Battle of Bentonville (U.S Civil War, March 19-21, 1865), Macomb Literacy Partners recommends The March by E. L. Doctorow. Published in 2005, The March is an historical fiction novel set in late 1864 and early 1865, near the [...]
March is Reading Month- Jammies & Books at the Shelby Township Library
- Posted on 19th March 2013
- in Events, March is Reading Month
- by Macomb Literacy Partners
March is Reading Month– If you have little ones a trip to the Shelby Township Library is a great way to promote family literacy. The Jammies and Books program will take place at the Shelby Township Library on Thursday, March 21 at 6:30 pm. Picture books, rhymes, songs and an [...]
March is Reading Month- Book Suggestion
- Posted on 18th March 2013
- in Events, March is Reading Month
- by Macomb Literacy Partners
In honor of March is Reading Month and St. Patrick’s Day Macomb Literacy Partners would like to recommend Angela’s Ashes the 1996 memoir by the Irish-American author Frank McCourt. The memoir consists of various anecdotes and stories of Frank McCourt’s impoverished childhood and early adulthood in Brooklyn, New York and in Limerick, Ireland. Angela’s Ashes won the Pulitzer Prize [...]
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