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August Meeting Minutes

The Education Department is designed to promote a commitment to lifelong learning and literacy awareness by encouraging members and others to support educational opportunities. The Education Department designed the “Bag A Book” Literacy Program for a local Prince William County Elementary School. They support local public schools and adult education in a variety of ways.

We're starting the West Gate Elementary Bag-A-Book program mid-January and running it through mid-May 2012. Volunteers are needed for this program which involves less than two hours of your time a week. Those who help may pick and choose the weeks they would like to volunteer. Our third graders are eager to start the program! Contact Beth Mears to sign up at arbemears@hotmail.com.

Charities:

Help Fill the Shelves at Pace West

Pace West Supplies List

Re-Book-It

• For recycling new and used books
• Books collected are redistributed to various organizations, depending on their needs
• Books may be traded in at a local used book store for credits to purchase large print books, children’s DVDs, or store credits which are donated to school teachers, libraries, etc.

The following organizations receive books/credits through Re-Book-It:

• West Gate Elementary School
• Pace West School
• Bull Run Library
• Bull Run Library, Manassas

Friends of the Library— Bull Run

We joined this organization ($50 donation), and donate books for their spring book sale.

Gainesville Library

We donated about $750 in baskets, books, DVDs, CDs as well as volunteers to support a fundraiser for our current Gainesville Library in Long Park. The fundraiser netted over $10,000.

Beacon Adult Literacy

We will provide various tools to assist with their adult literacy program for Spanish speakers to learn English. These items might be binders, dictionaries, and/or calculators.

Programs:

Bag A Book (Click here to see Bag A Book schedule)

• West Gate Elementary School in Manassas
• Every Thursday and Friday afternoon from 2-3 PM
• Targets third grade students for reading and writing
• DWC purchased books for this program and provides volunteer group leaders for mini “book clubs” to discuss and share writing about the books
• Students read books at home, with family, respond in journals, then meet to discuss
• Volunteers are trained prior to serving as “book club” leaders.

Box Tops for Education and Campbell’s Soup Labels

We collect both of these items at our regular meetings and donate them to Baldwin Elementary in Manassas. They use the money from them to purchase school needs.

Pace West School Prize Closet

• Collection of incentives/rewards for participating students
• Jim Aram- Advantage Physical Therapy in Gainesville and patrons also contributed
• Items are donated in September.

Fauquier Familey Shelter

Children leaving the shelter will get a “4 Bs” gift from DWC, a bag with a book, blanket and beanie baby.

Co-Chairpersons:
Martha Feeney - mlfeeney@comcast.net & Beth Mears - arbemears@hotmail.com

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