ROADWAYSYamaska Literacy Council Volume32,Issue2

Helping people get the skills they need for life 505,rueduSud,suite203Cowansville,QCJ2K2X9450-263-7503 ! 866-337-7503! yamaskalit@endirect.qc.ca! www.yamaskaliteracy.ca

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You are invited to YLC’s Christmas Lunch & Social. WhetheryoucelebrateChristmas,Hanukkah,somethingelseornothingatall…thistimeofyearcangethecticandsometimesstressful.Sotreatyourselftoa“mini-session”onreducingstressthroughmindfulness.It’sfun,freeandyou’llgetsometreatstotakehomewithyou.Ho! Ho! Ho! When:12noon,Thursday,December3th (mini-workshop,1-2p.m.)Where:505,rueSud,Suite203,Cowansville

Ø R.S.V.P.byNovember27thØ Letusknowifyouareabletobringadesserttoshare.Ø Tutors,pleaseencourageyourstudentstocome.

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Callingallmembers!

• YLChaspostponeditsBasicLiteracyTutorWorkshop.Ifyouwouldliketotakepartorknowsomeonewhowouldliketobecomeatutor,pleasecontacttheoffice.

WANTED:Volunteers• Couldyouspareafewhourstowordprocesssometext?

• WouldyouliketohelpplanaBIGpartytocelebrateYLC’s35thanniversary?

• Couldyousparesometimetoreadwithsomeone(Suttonarea)?

CalltheYLCofficefordetails.

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ThisstorywastakenfromErnest’sbookMyGirls.Ifyouwouldliketoreadmoreofhisstories,hisbookisavailablefromtheYLClibrary.ContacttheYLCofficeifyouwouldliketowritesomethingfortheYLCnewsletter.

Writer ’s Corner The Great Escape

by Ernest Turner

ProceedsraisedfromthePGILiteracyGalaheldattheLakeviewInnonOctober19th,raised$4000thatwillbeusedtosupportprogramsforadultliteracylearners.ThankyoutoAlisonGzowskiMasterofCeremonies;TomHarrington(CBCHostTheWorldThisHour),KeynoteSpeaker;andPamDillon,PoetLaureate.CongratulationstoGaryWilliamson,PGILearnerAchievementAwardrecipient,andLindaMartin,GzowskiAwardrecipient.FromtheYamaskaLiteracyCouncil:THANKYOUtoallsilentauctiondonors,toeachofyouwhoboughtticketsforthegala,andthosewhoparticipatedinthesilentauction.

Yoursupportmakesadifference!

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AttheAnnualGeneralMeetingheldonOctober27th,therewasachangingoftheguard.ThenewYLCBoardisasfollows:President GillianLortieVice-President MeredithMacKeen Treasurer LillianHartley Secretary StephenJones Past-President MarthaShufeltStudentRep. LindaMartin Membersatlarge:KathyLePoer JoaniTannenbaum

WelcometoKathyandJoani.

JanePatrickleavestheBoard,butisstillactivelytutoringandinvolvedinYLCactivities.ThankyouJane,foryourmanycontributions.MarthaShufeltassumesthepositionofPastPresident.Along-timememberofYLC,Marthahasprovidedleadershipinmanyways,mostrecentlyasPresident.Thecouncilhasbenefittedfromhersupportanddirection.

ThankyoutoJaneandMartha…fromthemembersoftheYamaska

LiteracyCouncil.

AnotefromMartha…outstandinginherfield!

I want to thank everyone in the Yamaska Literacy Council for making my term of presidency so pleasant. Everyone worked hard and all had a common goal, the success of the council. Thanks to all the students for the wonderful work they did, to the tutors for their dedication, to the board for their patience with our meetings and keeping us all on track, to Tim who smooths our path in the prison, and especially to Vicky and Wendy for their tireless commitment to YLC.

Thanks all, Martha

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TheYamaskaLiteracyCouncilandleSacàmotshavepartneredonaHealthLiteracyprojectaimedathelpingadults,whofacechallengeswithliteracy,navigatetheirhealthcare.Tools(inFrenchandEnglish)producedinclude:

• aHealthBooklet• afridgemagnetwithemergencycontactinformation

HOToffthepress!

Presentationofthe

healthbookletfor

studentsandtutors

December3rd,10:30-11:30attheYLCoffice

(beforetheXmasparty)

Freecopiesare

available.