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This month in Centre Page:

• Wine & Words Update
• Literacy in the Park Returns
• Tuesday Adult Book Club Poetry
• Poetry & Potluck in the Park
• Links fore Literacy Golf Tournament
• Fall Programs Registration
 
Wine & Words Update
This year, our signature fundraising event, ''An Evening of Wine & Words'', raised nearly $230,000, bringing our event total to over $1.3 million! Thank you again to our presenting sponsor, Richardson Wealth and all our sponsors who supported the event.

We would also like to express our sincerest appreciation to everyone who attended, donated, volunteered, and supported the Centre for our event. Together, we have raised critical funds that will empower us to continue our mission and make a lasting impact in the lives of those we serve!
 
Literacy in the Park Returns
CFL will once again be holding the summer event we are officially calling Literacy in the Park! This August, we will be giving away books, promoting registration for fall programs, and inviting families to join us for some mini programs we like to think of as taste testers. Our families love our Story Walks. We will continue to have this self lead activity run throughout the park and combined with some literacy activity stations, the day promises to be fun for all!

Literacy in the Park is on Tuesday, August 22, from 9:30 am - 12:00 pm at Woodcroft Community Park located at 13915 115 Ave NW.
Click Here to Register for the Event
 
Adult Book Club Poetry
This past session one of our Adult Book Clubs read poems from the poetry book, Follow the Recipe: Poems About Imagination, Celebration, and Cake (Marilyn Singer). Reading poetry is great for fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary building. And since poems are short with fewer words, learners feel less overwhelmed and more confident in their reading.

Participants were given a weekly poetry assignment involving reading and writing poetry and a couple of participants wrote poems that we read and discussed as our Poem of the Week in class. Below are two poems those participants wrote:
Spring Colors
White is a daisy bobbing in the breeze.
Red is a rose thinking it won’t freeze.
Pink are the blossoms that smell so sweet.
Blue are the corn flowers that like the heat.
Yellow is the sun, full of power.
Green is the grass dancing with a flower.
Kaleidoscopic are the colors of spring.
Rainbow is a beautiful thing.

-Minna Kai (2023)
Spring has come
life has started again
new roots
little sprouts too 
Baby bunnies and little brides
so happy to see the sun
spring has come 

- Kelly Hallet (2023)
The poetry themes helped to inspire our upcoming Poetry & Potluck in the Park event happening August 22. Keep reading to find out more about it...
 
Poetry & Potluck in the Park
They asked, and we listened! The online format of our adult programs allows learners the flexibility to attend programs without worrying about childcare, transportation, or other barriers that may prevent them from attending in-person. Despite the many benefits of the online format, our learners still miss the face-to-face interaction and socialization that comes with in-person learning.

Our Adult Book Club theme was food and poetry this past session. Participants were asked to submit their favourite recipes each week to add to our CFL Cookbook. Early in the session, one participant brought up the idea of getting together for a potluck. In her words:

“It would be nice if we could get together and share our recipes in-person”. 

The other participants also agreed that this is something they would be interested in. Our team immediately set to work planning what will be our first annual Poetry and Potluck in the Park event. It will take place on Tuesday, August 22, from 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm at Woodcroft Community Park located at 13915 115 Ave NW. All adult learners, tutors, and volunteers are invited to attend and share food and fellowship.
 
Links fore Literacy Golf Tournament
Click here for more information and registration
 
Fall Programs Registration
 
Our fall programs registration will kick off on Monday, August 21. We are looking forward to continuing with a hybrid program schedule and adding more in person programs. We will be running programs in the daytime, evenings and Saturdays online.

What’s new? We will be bringing the C.O.W. Bus out to a few more locations to add book lending to the COW Corner program in person. We are so excited to be returning to offer an Intergenerational Rhymes that Bind this fall! We will also be adding a few more Intergenerational programs to our schedule including a COW Corner program and a Do-Re-Mi, ABC program. Programs are FREE and registration is online.
Click Here for Registration Website
 
Skip the Depot
With summer well underway, liquid refreshments are tasting good and keeping you hydrated. The Centre has partnered with Skip the Depot to save you time! Sign up today for home pick up service for your empty bottles and cans. 100% of your return will be sent to the Centre to support our literacy programs. Save time and support a great cause - sign up for free today!
Click Here for More Information
 
Bulletin Board
4. Links fore Literacy Golf Tournament - August 17
5. Fall Programs Registration Starts August 21
 
The Centre for Family Literacy gratefully acknowledges the ongoing support of the following:
11642 142 Street NW
Edmonton, AB Canada
T5M 1V4
Phone: 780.421.7323
Email: info@famlit.cawww.famlit.ca/
https://famlit.ca/