Congratulations to all the May Baskets winners!
Winners were selected for all 15 baskets on Tuesday, June 4, at noon at the Framingham Public Library on Lexington Street. Click here to find out the names and towns of the winners. All winners have been notified. As always, thank you for your support, and many thanks to our donors and the community who makes this all possible!
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Become a champion for literacy
Imagine your life without the written word. How would you go grocery shopping, enjoy a great book on the beach, read to your kids or help them with their homework? How would you work? What types of jobs would be available to you? What would your life be like with these limitations?
Sadly, over a million adults in Massachusetts lack high-school-level reading and writing skills. Some of these are native English speakers; others are immigrants who are struggling to start their lives anew here in this country. And the undisputed fact is that without basic literacy skills, adults are more likely to be poor, without any real prospect of moving up the economic ladder. Their children are likely to suffer a similar fate, because the best indicator of a child's success in school is the educational background of the parents.
Read on to learn more about the problem, Literacy Unlimited's program to help adult learners here in Metrowest and what you can do to help support LU's efforts.
Read on to learn more about the problem, Literacy Unlimited's program to help adult learners here in Metrowest and what you can do to help support LU's efforts.
