Helping struggling Grade 2 readers and their families
CBC/Calgary Reads book sale 2009
Excitement is mounting as various committees are in full swing to organize the 2010 CBC/Calgary Reads book sale. It takes months of planning and oodles of volunteer effort to pull this massive sale off, but what a great way to help struggling grade two readers. As we approach Family Literacy day (January 27, 2010), it’s apropos to start thinking about what books you will donate and start dreaming about what books you will cart away from this spring’s sale.
Children from a southwest Calgary elementary school will join Education Minister Dave Hancock and MLA Dave Rodney to celebrate Family Literacy Day on Wednesday, January 27, 2010.
Guest readers, including former Breakfast Television host Dave Kelly and Dave Rodney, will read their favourite books with children as part of an event co-sponsored by Calgary Reads and the Calgary Public Library.
Participating children from Woodlands School will have signed photo release forms.
What: Celebration of Family Literacy Day
When: Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Who: Grade 1 and 2 students from Woodland School, Education Minister Dave Hancock, celebrity readers MLA Dave Rodney, former Breakfast Television host Dave Kelly, Calgary Reads and Calgary Public Library staff and volunteers, and employees of the law firm Borden Ladner Gervais LLP.
Where: Woodlands School Gym, 88 Woodgreen Drive S.W.
For more information, contact Steacy Collyer, executive director, Calgary Reads at 403.777-8254
Calgary Reads was formed as a charity in 2001. The program began with 25 tutors working with 40 students and now has more than 320 tutors working with 550+ students in 75 schools in Calgary and surrounding communities. Calgary Reads supports early intervention with struggling readers in Grade 1 and 2. Programs include: Calgary Reads@School, Calgary Reads@Home, a project that involves and supports the families of Calgary Reads children, Together Events where celebrity readers share their passion for books in local schools, and children whose home language is not English. These reading programs are made possible because of hundreds of Calgary Reads volunteers.
The Calgary Public Library is one of the largest public library systems in North America and the second largest civic library system in Canada. Calgarians visit the library’s 17 branches more than five million times each year, and borrow more than 15 million books, CDs, DVDs, and other materials.
The CBC/Calgary Reads Book Sale is going gangbusters at Triwood Arena! Thousands of happy bookworms have been served and thousands of books have been sold so far. Never fear, there’s a ton of inventory left and we just keep filling those tables up, so come on down today between 9 and 4 for the best entertainment bargains in town.
In the meantime, here’s a photo collage of our first two days of the book sale. Looks like fun, eh? Check it out:
CBC's Angela Knight reads to children
Lots of books for sale
Book table
Childrens' books
Happy book shoppers
CBC booth at book sale
Happy book shoppers
RBC volunteers work the checkout
Power shoppers buy books on wheels
Triwood Arena; lots of room for people & books
For the best bargain in town, come to the CBC/Calgary Reads Book Sale this weekend! Bring your family and make it an adventure. Find treasures among thousands of used books at great prices. Fiction and non fiction in hard or soft cover there will be books for everyone!
A donation of $2 per adult will help with our recycling.
Location: TriWood Arena – 2244 Chicoutimi Drive N.W. Calgary (see map below)
When:
Singer, songwriter, Juno award winner, top-ten generator, and proud Calgarian – these are but a few of the terms used to describe the world-renowned singing sensation Jann Arden.
Maybe it’s the poet in her, the good samaritan, or maybe it’s the Albertan, but when asked to support the CBC/Calgary Reads Book Sale, Arden didn’t hesitate.
“For the best bargain in town,” says Arden on her Facebook page, “go to the CBC/Calgary Reads Book Sale this weekend and bring the family.”
Aside from the fact the sale supports struggling Grade 2 readers, Arden knows there will be four trailers full of books (estimated at 80,000 titles) to choose from. With an admission fee of only a tooney, that’s great selection at phenomenal prices.
For more details follow the link above, or simply come down to the Triwood Arena Friday night or Saturday/Sunday during the day.
Location: TriWood Arena – 2244 Chicoutimi Drive N.W. Calgary (map)
When: Friday, May 1 – 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday, May 2 – 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday, May 3 – 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Like many of us, Mayor Dave Bronconnier is well aware how important literacy is to the well-being of a city like Calgary. Developing literacy skills for youngsters has direct positive social and economic impact.
That’s why Mayor Bronconnier is solidly behind the work that Calgary Reads does, and encourages everyone in the area to come out this weekend to the CBC/Calgary Reads Book Sale.
According to Karl Rove, as reported in the Wall Street Journal, George W Bush is a book lover.
Whatever you do, don’t “misunderestimate” the variety of books to choose from at the upcoming CBC/Calgary Reads Book Sale (May 1-3 Triwood Arena).
Gather up the family, neighbors and kids, and get your “axis” in gear this coming weekend for book deals of the year.
In the meantime give a listen to CBC Calgary’s Angela Knight as she regales Eyeopener Host Jim Brown with culinary tales from David Frum’s book “The Right Man”:
CBC Calgary’s Angela Knight channels “Judy Moody”, from the children’s book by Megan McDonald.
If you’re feeling moody, set aside your tempermental ways and cheer yourself by coming to the upcoming CBC/Calgary Reads Book Sale (May 1-3 Triwood Arena).
Your mood will improve and all vestiges of seasonal affective disorder are sure to be swept away in the joy of book buying.
CBC Calgary’s Angela Knight reads from Matthew Thomas’ “Before & After; A Novel About Exploding Sheep, Nostradamus, and the End of the World.”
All this woolly stuff is in support of the upcoming CBC/Calgary Reads Book Sale (May 1-3 Triwood Arena). Be sure to attend so you can stock up on your apocalyptic livestock thrillers, or whatever other book genre makes you see the future.
CBC Calgary’s Angela Knight reads breathlessly from a so-called “bodice-ripper”, entertaining morning show listeners and Calgary Eyeopener Host Jim Brown.
All this heady stuff is in support of the upcoming CBC/Calgary Reads Book Sale (May 1-3 Triwood Arena). Be sure to attend so you can stock up on your bodice-rippers, spy-thrillers, sci-fi, or whatever other book genre gets your bodice going.
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