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02.03.06--
Scrabble Players "Spellebrate" for a Good Cause
Game and word lovers are prepared to shake their tile bags and rack their brains while assisting others during Scrabble® Fest 2006, a fundraiser for Literacy Volunteers of Buffalo and Erie County. Scrabble® Fest will take place throughout Western New York homes from February 17-26, 2006. Hosts are opening their homes to family and friends to play the popular board game Scrabble®. Each person will make a donation to Literacy Volunteers to enter the game. One winner from each party will be invited to a final Scrabble® Party on March 18, 2006 to determine one winner. The Scrabble®-Off will be held at Barnes & Noble on Niagara Falls boulevard.
Literacy Volunteers will host a party that is open to the general public on Saturday, February 25, 2006 at 3:00 pm. The entry fee is $20.00 per person and the games will be played at the Literacy Volunteers office located at 1313 Main Street, Buffalo. Anyone interested in hosting a party or participating in the public party should contact Literacy Volunteers at 876-8991.
Literacy Volunteers is the region’s sole provider of free, one-on-one adult and family literacy services and offers several programs: Basic Reading, English For Speakers of Other Languages, Correctional Literacy, the Drop In Literacy & Language Program and the Reading Right Now Project. Recently service delivery has been expanded to include ten neighborhood based Literacy & Language Drop In Centers in the City of Buffalo’s most impoverished neighborhoods.
In the 2004-2005 program year, Literacy Volunteers provided literacy skills testing, information, and referral services for 805 clients. The organization recruited, trained, and utilized 620 volunteer tutors, and provided 82,384 hours of one-on-one literacy skills training and services for residents of Buffalo and Erie County. 102 students obtained employment or upgraded their jobs, 79 students attained employability skills, 412 students applied skills for a healthier lifestyle, 39 students received drivers licenses, 49 students applied for or received their US citizenship, and 151 students voted for the first time and/or increased their involvement in civic activities.
Scrabble®, the gameboard design, tiles and other indicia are trademarks of Hasbro in the United States and Canada. 2006 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission in the United States and Canada.
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