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Lunch for Literacy
Written By: Luke Osteen | Issue: 2016/06 - June | Photograph By: Marjorie Christiansen Photography
Do you like to eat? Do you think reading is important?
If your answer is “yes” to both of these questions, then here’s a fun event for you to join. Gather a group of your friends and have lunch on Friday, July 1, at Carolina Smokehouse, Chile Loco, On the Side @ the Farmer’s Market, Randevu, Slabtown Pizza, The Ugly Dog of Cashiers, Subway, Wendy’s and The Zookeeper’s Bistro.
These restaurants will donate a portion of their lunch The Literacy Council of Cashiers. The Orchard and Event Barn, which doesn’t serve lunch, will make a donation directly to the Council.
The Literacy Council of Cashiers is hosting its sixth annual Lunch for Literacy, the chance for residents of Southern Jackson County and local restaurants to boost local literacy efforts.
The generosity of these restaurants is vital to the mission of the Literacy Council. It supports the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, quarterly book giveaways for students at Summit School and Blue Ridge School, and the Five on Five Summer Book Program at Blue Ridge.
The Literacy Council of Cashiers has partnered with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to provide children from birth to age five living in the Cashiers, Glenville, and Sapphire zip codes a free age-appropriate book monthly in the mail. This program is completely free for families as the Literacy Council pays the sponsorship fee for each child to be in the program.
Other activities the Literacy Council sponsors are special story times for preschoolers, workshops on how parents can help their child learn to love reading, and computer assisted learning at Blue Ridge School in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Cashiers Valley.
The council also offers tutoring and training for tutors.
If you’d like to add an additional donation or volunteer to help the Literacy Council, please mail a donation to The Literacy Council of Cashiers, PO Box 791, Cashiers, NC 28717 or call (828) 508-9384 with questions or to volunteer. If you’d like to register your child for the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program, you’ll find registration forms at the Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library.
