News from Literacy BC
Welcome three new staff members
Judy Finch has joined Literacy BC to work on our fund development initiatives, including our two major fundraising events, Literacy & Beyond and the PGI Golf Tournament for Literacy BC. Prior to joining Literacy BC, Judy worked for several years as a Program Manager for the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. Judy has a strong background in coordinating events, managing volunteer committees, and marketing. She is currently pursuing part time studies in Fund Development at BCIT. We are very pleased to welcome Judy to our team! Judy can be reached at jfinch@literacy.bc.ca or 604-684-0624, Ext. 102.
Tammy Gladue has joined Literacy BC as a full time Projects Assistant, working with Jean Rasmussen, our Director of Community and Family Development ,and our Office Administrator, Marj Froemgen, on the Literacy BC database and other projects. Tammy is from the Saddle Lake First Nations in Alberta. She previously worked for the Institute of Indigenous Government (First Nations College) for several years. Welcome, Tammy!
Emily Hunter recently joined Literacy BC as a part time Research Analyst. Emily was previously working as an English tutor with Korean high school students and became interested in literacy through volunteering as a literacy tutor at the Carnegie Centre. Her educational background is in English and Human Ecology.
The Fund, named in memory of the former Literacy BC President, provides financial resources to community-based adult learning centres to assist students with short term emergency needs such as transport, childcare, clothing, books or other costs that would make the difference between attending and not attending their literacy/ABE program.
The purpose of the Access Fund is to remove barriers by providing financial resources with few strings attached in order to fill gaps that more formal funding channels do not meet.
Awards of up to $1000 are granted to BC community-based adult learning centres that demonstrate a need for financial assistance related to student access where other financial support is not available. Application deadline: May 30, 2008.
Stay tuned: Evaluation procedure under review. Literacy BC is in the process of reviewing the evaluation procedures for the Access Fund. To make the process fair for all applicants, we encourage you to submit your application following the publication of the procedures at the end of March 2008. We will distribute these procedures on our web site, through the HUB and to the distribution list for this eBulletin.
PACE Bursary Fund
Literacy BC provides direct financial assistance to part-time adult learners through the PACE Bursary Fund, supporting students who are pursuing educational upgrades at a registered public or private institution, but who are not eligible for financial support from student loans or other government student assistance programs. Application deadline: September 30, 2008.
For more information and an application form visit: http://www2.literacy.bc.ca/pace.htm.
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