Four all who reed and right
- the written English language is not easy

We'll begin with a box and the plural is boxes;
But the plural of ox became oxen not oxes.

One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.

You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice;
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.  

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Thank you to our office volunteers.
We want to extend a special thank you to our regular general volunteers Mike Zedek, Robin Weiss, Sandy Hague, Jeannette Fratto, Alex MacKenzie, and Cista Leonard.
They help us by doing data entry, clerical work, filing, and all those necessary things. Awards at the Annual Family Picnic Tutors and learners should be aware that the service awards given at the Annual Picnic to both tutors are learners are based on the hours reported on the tutor's Monthly Reports for the past year. If you do not submit monthly reports, your learners will not receive the recognition that they deserve. Submit your Monthly Reports on the website.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

Tell us.

Tutors and learners please contact the office to share your successes.
Tutors, remember to include your learner's Goal accomplishments in your Monthly Reports!

Tutors:

Be sure to turn in reports/hours to the READ office by August 30 in order for you and your student to receive a certificate at AFPAC.

Everyone:

READ/OC tutors and learners please contact the office to share your successes.
Tutors, remember to include your learner's accomplishments in your Monthly Reports!

MORE READ/OC PROGRAM NEWS

Your eyes and ears, please.

We greatly appreciate any newspaper articles about the READ/Orange County program, our tutors, learners, and any article that concerns literacy in Orange County. Send them to headquarters. Letters were sent to 27 radio stations in Southern California requesting that they air Public Service Announcements (PSAs) about literacy and READ/OC. Both KOST-FM 103.5 and KSBR-FM 88.5 have run them in the past. Please let us know if you hear them by sending an e-mail to readoc@readoc.org . We will send them a thank you note. Your help is appreciated..

Thank you to all tutors who returned their completed Volunteer Assessment Surveys. What is FROC?

The Friends of READ/Orange County (FROC) is a 501 C-3 not-for-profit organization committed to the support of READ/Orange County through resource development, public awareness and recognition services for volunteers and learners. It operates through a Board of Directors and three standing committees. The recruitment of new members is the #1 priority goal.

The Resource Development Committee (RDC) strives to develop new resources, both people and financial. It recognizes the need to inform the people and companies in our communities about literacy, the need that exists, and how READ/OC is positively impacting our communities and changing lives.

The Recognition Activities Committee (RAC) of FROC plans and coordinates events that welcome, recognize, appreciate, and provide opportunities for learners, tutors, and other program participants to connect.. Members also assist the READ/OC Team with the set-up of training meetings and workshops.

The Membership Committee of FROC strives to recruit new members of the highest quality to meet the identified needs of the organization. Potential new members are invited to attend Committee and Board meetings so that they become familiar with the organization and the members can get to know them.

Holiday closure.

All Orange County Public Library Branches will be closed on Monday, September 4 in celebration of Labor Day.

AFPAC

READ/OC's 12th Annual Family Picnic and Appreciation Celebration (AFPAC) will be held on Saturday, September 9, at Centennial Park in Tustin starting at 12 Noon. Join us for food, fun, games, entertainment, prizes, surprises, and awards.

The place is a-buzzzzzzz! And... we're looking for worker bees!

Make a beeline to READ/OC Headquarters to hear how you can get in on this honey of a party. Bee there on Wednesday, September 13 at 6:30 PM. We need your creativity, your muscles, your contacts, and your good wishes. We can't do this with out you.

Come on down!

Join the READ Team as we play our own very popular game show, "The Tutor is Right", on Saturday, September 23 from 9 AM -12 PM at Irvine Heritage Park library. There will be Fun, Prizes, and Tutoring Tips. This will count toward your two required In-Services.

SCLLN Conference

The Southern California Library Literacy Network (SCLLN) Conference for tutors and learners will be held Saturday, February 24, 2007 at Cal State LA.

CalLit Conference

The California Literacy (CalLit) Conference will be held October 19-21 at the Pasadena Hilton, Pasadena. For details and to register for the conference go to www.caliteracy.org.

RSVP.

Please call (714) 566-3070 or e-mail us at readoc@readoc.org to let us know that you plan to attend each of these events.

Smile.

My first job was working in an orange juice factory, but I got canned because I couldn't concentrate.  

Notice: Library Closures

• The lower level of Garden Grove Regional Library is now closed and is not scheduled to reopen until August 28.  The literacy center is closed during this time. The Children's materials, Teen materials, and CD holds will not be filled.  Children's, Teen, CD, and Read OC materials will not be available to staff or library patrons until the lower level reopens on August 28.
• Stanton Library will be closed for refurbishment from August 20 through September 6.  The branch is scheduled to re-open on Thursday, September 7 and will observe its regular Thursday hours.
• Cypress will be closed August 11 through September 1. During this time music requests will be on hold and will not be available

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