2019 Freedom Through Literacy Award Flyer
Spread the word about Judith’s Reading Room’s 2019 Freedom Through Literacy Award by sharing and posting our flyer. Please download the flyer to print
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GRAND PRIZE – 2018 Freedom Through Literacy
Grand Prize $3,000 Matthew Weimann and Julia Dweck “Release Your Fireflies” — Macungie, Pa “Release Your Fireflies” is best described as a storytelling-movement. Matthew Weimann and Julia Dweck, two ‘stellar’ teachers according to their principal, inspired their students in grades 3-5 to interpret Ibi’s true story. The children wrote an award winning picture book entitled,…
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JUDITH’S AWARD – 2018 Freedom Through Literacy
Judith’s Award $500 Carin Mileshosky “FleetwoodSUMMER 2018”— Fleetwood, Pa Fleetwood Area Public Librarian Carin Mileshosky is the driving force behind this community’s effort to counter-attack the syndrome known as ‘summer slide’ where students can lose up to 2 months of learning, adding up to a full year behind grade level by the time they…
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BOARD OPTIONS – 2018 Freedom Through Literacy
2018 Board Option $300 Christopher Dew “Mini-Library for Lehigh Valley H.O.P.E.”— Easton, Pa Christopher established his library at Lehigh Valley H.O.P.E., an organization that provides clothes and household goods to the homeless. He did this as his Boy Scout’s of America Eagle Project, making him the youngest recipient of a Judith’s Reading Room Freedom Through…
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2018 Freedom Through Literacy Award Flyer
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GRAND PRIZE WINNER- 2017 Freedom Through Literacy Award
National Book Foundation, New York, for their 10 year old literacy project titled, “BookUp.” BookUp is a reading program that serves more than 500 middle school aged children, older teens and young adults, led by published writers in four states. Students discuss quality literature in a book club format, go on field trips to cultural…
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RUNNER UP – 2017 Freedom Through Literacy Award
William Whipple, Easton, Pa, will receive $1,000 for his passionate work with TEACH Rwanda and its project called, “Stories in Kinyarwanda.” Children’s literature in Rwanda is an emerging endeavor and TEACH Rwanda is determined to improve the quality and accessibility of culturally genuine, captivating Rwandan literature for young children. TEACH Rwanda was also a Runner-Up…
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HONORABLE MENTION – 2017 Freedom Through Literacy Award
This year’s Honorable Mention is awarded to The Palapa Society of Todos Santos, Mexico. Founded in 2003, this grassroots nonprofit promotes the “love of reading” and bringing literacy to communities without the means or access to books given their high cost and limited availability in Mexico. To support their children’s library, Judith’s Reading Room will…
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Judith’s Reading Room Announces Changes to its 2017 “Freedom Through Literacy Award”
Judith’s Reading Room Announces Changes to its 2017 “Freedom Through Literacy Award” Lehigh Valley, Pa. – February 19, 2017 — Judith’s Reading Room, a local literacy nonprofit organization founded in 2010, announces changes to its third annual Freedom Through Literacy Award. The Award honors individual champions of literacy from all disciplines around the world —…
