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V.O.I.C.E.S.!

Volunteering O= ur ICES <= /span>ESL Literacy Newsletter

ISSUE NO.1, JULY 200= 6

Keeping Track of Progress

¨ Please be sure to turn- in you= r monthly time sheets by Friday, July 7th so they can be recorded; we want = your hard work to be accounted for!

¨ Thanks to everyone who has been keepi= ng– up with your time sheets, and getting them in on– time! Thi= s helps keep our funding alive, and our program strong!

Volunteer and Learner Highlight

Beginning in next month’s newsletter, we will= feature highlights from our volunteers and learners! If you have a great s= tory that you would like to share, or a memorable experience that you would= like for other tutors and learners to hear about, send your story to Sonse= ra Kiger at s.kiger@ymcanwnc.org!

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; = ; What’s Happening…

¨ You’re inv= ited!! Come out to the first– e= ver COS YMCA Literacy

= Reunion!!

¨ Ellen Gallimore has organized = this event so that you may enjoy getting to meet– up with other tutor= s and celebrate an evening of success at The Winston- Salem Children’= s Museum July 27th from 6-8pm!

¨ New volunteer Orientation Meet= ing on August 22 from 6-9pm at the COS office

¨ Literacy Training will be held= on August 29th and 31st from 6-9pm, and continues on September 12th and 14= th

¨ All trainings will be held at = the COS offices. Please encourage your friends and family to join us in giv= ing the gift of literacy to someone by becoming a volunteer!

Literary Legend

The summer river:

although there is a bridge,

my horse goes through the water.<= /p>

By: Masaoka Shiki

Japanese poet and painter,1867-1902

Community Outreach Services YMCA<= /p>

336 722 9772

500W. Fourth Street

Suite 103

Winston– Salem NC 27101

s.kiger@ymcanwnc.org

“We build strong kids, strong families and st= rong communities.”

Web Resources of the Month:

www.englishforum.com/00/

www.manythings.org/

www.eslcafe.com/idea/index.cgi

Tasty Treat: Onigiri
Onigiri are rice balls. They are usually wrapped with a nori seaweed,

are slightly salted, and usually have other foods e= mbedded in their centers. For= example, an umeboshi (pickled Japanese apricot), katsuobushi (dried bonito= shavings), tuna, or salmon can be found inside. Rice balls are a popular, snack which can be purchased = at convenience stores in Japa= n!

International Spotlight of the Month: Japan!

¨ "Kimono" means, lite= rally, "thing to wear" in Japanese.

¨ This is a relatively new term,= and has only been used in the past two centuries to indicate the robe̵= 1; like clothing item we commonly think of!

Purpose

We here at Literacy Initiative hope to build–= up the sense community with volunteers and =

= learners, giving them a fun,

= informative, monthly updates! W= e are

= always open to your suggestions= , and

= input, and welcome any contribu= tions!

= Send us your favorite international

= recipes to share in the next issue!

New ESL/Family Lit. Coordinator =

Sonsera Kiger has joined the COS family as the ESL/= Family Lit. Coordinator. Her background includes experience in Motheread, = community– based ESL program directing, Hispanic Achievers mentoring,= bi– lingual story– sharing in public school systems, and bi= 211; lingual, LD, and Autism tutoring with experience in both Winston–= ; Salem, and Asheville, NC.

Newsletter created by Sonsera Kiger