I mentioned in one of my previous posts that we hosted an event to raise money for a local non-profit learning center. The Superhero Training Center takes a fun and uplifting approach to an otherwise discouraging topic. The Superhero Training Center is located in Orem, Utah where it is estimated that 21,000 people struggle with literacy issues in that area. We at Reading Horizons partnered with the center in hopes to help people who struggle with reading. For the last two weeks of October they where featured on our Lemons For Literacy as the featured donation site. During those two weeks, 31990 lemons were squeezed earning the center $1600. The support was record breaking and it was great to see people in the community rally around in order to help the Superhero Training Center.
For the month of November a new site is featured on Lemons For Literacy. Project Read is a non-profit organization. The purpose of Project Read is to provide individualized instruction in basic reading and writing to adults. Squeeze for them and pass it along to your friends!
Those who would like to support Project Read’s efforts to stamp out illiteracy are invited to visit the Reading Horizons Web site, where they may play “Lemons for Literacy.” For those of you that don't know, Lemons for Literacy is a fun, simple game in which players must correctly identify the definitions of various words and terms. For each correct answer, a lemon is squeezed into a pitcher. With every lemon that is squeezed, the amount that Reading Horizons donates to Project Read will increase.
This really is a great opportunity to give back in such a simple way that will really make a big difference.
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