PRESS ADVISORY
May 29, 2013
CONTACT: Shelley
Block
Office: (301) 610-0030; Cell: (301) 613-5824; shelley@literacycouncilmcmd.org
SUNDAY: Rep. Van Hollen to speak at
Literacy Council of Montgomery County’s 50th Anniversary
ROCKVILLE, Md. –
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) will serve as the keynote speaker when the
Literacy Council of Montgomery County celebrates its 50th
anniversary in June. The nonprofit organization, which has been providing free
basic literacy and English as a Second Language tutoring and classes across the
county for the past half-century, will celebrate this milestone on Sunday, June
2, 2013, from 2-4 p.m. at VisArts at Rockville Town Square.
The program will be moderated by Kavitha Cardoza, WAMU
education reporter.
“The Literacy Council of Montgomery County has reached a
landmark moment – 50 years of service to Montgomery County,” said Marilyn
Block, president of the board of the Literacy Council of Montgomery County.
“During that time, we are proud to have provided basic literacy and ESL
services to more than 16,000 adult learners from 93 countries, including the
United States, and we have trained nearly 8,700 volunteer tutors. Today, we
serve approximately 1,500 adults every year.”
The anniversary celebration will commemorate the
contributions and accomplishments of current and former Literacy Council
students, volunteers, tutors and staff. The program will include remarks
by representatives from each of these groups.
WHAT: Literacy
Council of Montgomery County’s 50th anniversary Celebration
WHO:
·
Rep.
Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), keynote speaker
·
Past
and present students, tutors, teachers, volunteers, and board members of
Literacy Council of Montgomery County
WHERE: VisArts at
Rockville Town Square
155 Gibbs Street, Rockville
WHEN: Sunday,
June 2, 2013, from 2-4 p.m.
The Literacy Council of Montgomery
County, Maryland, Inc. (LCMC) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1963, with
a mission to help adults living and working in the county achieve functional
levels of reading, writing and speaking English so that they may improve the
quality of their lives and their ability to participate in the community. The
LCMC offers basic literacy and English as a Second Language (ESL) tutoring, ESL
classes, computer-based literacy and ESL instruction, and English conversation
classes. The organization relies on volunteers to help provide many of its
direct services.
For more information, visit www.literacycouncilmd.org and check
out LCMC’s Facebook page and Twitter feed.
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