FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: The LeadershipCares™ Foundation
10181 Nightingale Street Gaithersburg MD 20882
Contact: Ron Yudd, (301) 540-5791 Lula Davis (202) 224-7595
Washington D.C., March 28th, 2008. LeadershipCares™ will present its annual LiteracyCares™ Award of Excellence to local literacy tutors that volunteer through Literacy Councils in the greater Washington D.C. area. The awards will be presented at a dinner held in their honor at the Capital Hilton Hotel, 16th and K St. N.W. Washington D.C. on Friday March 28th 2008 beginning at 6:30pm.
The winners represent literacy councils from Washington D.C., Montgomery County, Prince Georges County and Northern Virginia. The award winners were selected based on their extraordinary contributions to adult literacy and tutoring.
The 2008 LiteracyCares™ Award of Excellence winners are:
Ms.
Julia Hodges from the Washington Literacy Council
Ms. Emerencia Viray from
the Literacy Council of Prince Georges County
Ms. Sherrie Rudick from the
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
Ms. Norma Dancis from the Literacy Council
of Montgomery County
“This award brings attention to the dedication of volunteer tutors that work tirelessly to provide instruction in reading and writing to countless individuals in our area. It also showcases the continued need for volunteers to step forward and give the gift of literacy,” says Lula J. Davis, Executive Director of LeadershipCares™.
Young people from the MentorCares™ program at Northwestern High School in Hyattsville Maryland will be hosting the event. The MentorCares™ program teaches students important leadership and life skills. They have adopted literacy as an area where they want to make a difference. This year’s project is a reading program that the students have begun in partnership with Rosa Parks Elementary school in Hyattsville MD. The MentorCares students will work as master of ceremonies, escorts for the award winners and will be interviewing officials on literacy issues in the Washington D.C. area.
Dr. Charles Shearin, of Vicore Inc., a long time literacy advocate and volunteer tutor will speak at the event and share his experiences as a long time tutor in the Washington D.C. area
Literacy tutors in the D.C. area volunteer thousands of hours each year to help overcome illiteracy and open new worlds to those that struggle with this problem. Tutors receive training and then teach others to read and write. The tutors enjoy a profound sense of accomplishment and know that their efforts have made a significant difference in the lives of their students
For more information about the LiteracyCares™
Award of Excellence and LeadershipCares™
visit the web site at
www.leadershipcares.org or phone
(301) 540-5791.
