Hungry for Your Support, Lunch for Literacy in Cashiers

Written By: Luke Osteen | Issue: 2018/07 - July

On Friday, July 6, participating Cashiers restaurants will participate in Lunch for Literacy, meaning a portion of their lunch proceeds on those days will be donated to the Literacy Council of Cashiers.     

“By dining out with your friends you’ll support the Literacy Council of Cashiers programs for local children,” says Nancy West of the Literacy Council.  “Two restaurants that help sponsor the event even though they aren’t open for lunch are The Orchard and Cork and Barrel/Table 64.  We so appreciate their support!”

Participating restaurants include JJ’s in Glenville, Zookeeper, El Manzanillo, (the Mexican restaurant near Cashiers Ingles), Randevu, and Adair Brothers Smokehouse.

The support from these restaurants and their diners are critical at this busy season for the Literacy Council. Projects include:

The new Summer Reading Tutoring Program. Volunteers are needed to tutor current K–4th grade children on Tuesday and Thursday for five weeks for 45 minutes/session.  The program will be from June 19 to July 26, with no tutoring the week of July 4, at the Boys and Girls Club of the Plateau from 9:45 A.M. to noon.  All materials will be available at a training session sometime the week of June 4.  Volunteers must undergo a background check.  You can volunteer for just one, two, or three sessions but organizers would like volunteers to work both days with the same child.  Please call the Literacy Council at (828) 384-5891 to volunteer.

Sponsors are sought for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library for children from birth to five years.

Book Giveaways are planned four times a year to all students in grades K–8 at Blue Ridge School and Summit Charter School.

The Literacy Council is seeking help in sponsoring the summer book program at Blue Ridge School, where each child in grades K–6 receive 5 books to read over the summer.

Help is also sought for sponsoring the Augustine Project.  The Literacy Council has seven trained tutors who work one on one with Blue Ridge School second and third graders on intensive reading skills. 

The council provides free after-school tutoring in reading to children from Blue Ridge or Summit Schools whose parents request it, and provide volunteers to help with the English Language Learning Class at Church of the Good Shepherd.

“So please tell all your friends and neighbors to have lunch out on both days at our participating restaurants and support the Literacy Council,” says West.  “You are always welcome to simply make a donation anytime to: Literacy Council of Cashiers, P.O. Box 1398, Cashiers, NC 28717. We’re a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.”