Arizona Daily Star – Book festival awards $150,000 to fund literacy
September 9, 2010 by admin
Filed under Arizona Adult Education, Featured
Elizabeth Pino speaking at International Literacy Day
Founders of the Tucson Festival of Books outlined plans for the spring event, and presented a check for $150,000 to fund local literacy projects at Tucson’s International Literacy Day Celebration on Wednesday.
“The 2010 Tucson Festival of Books in only its second year has become the largest literary event ever held in Arizona, and is now one of the largest in the country,” said John M. Humenik, publisher and editor of the Arizona Daily Star, a sponsor of the event.
Last year’s festival “attracted more than 80,000 people to the University of Arizona campus and gave our community a chance to shine with a nationally recognized book event,” Humenik said. “Our continuing vision is for this event to benefit literacy efforts in Southern Arizona.” ………………….. Full aticle
Among those celebrating were PCC Adult Education student Elizabeth Pino, 41, and Dorothy Pallanes, 7, of Miller Elementary School.
After a 1999 car crash left Pino with severe brain injuries, she described how the Family Literacy Program brought her out of a deep depression. She now is a council representative at her children’s school and an AmeriCorps service volunteer working as a literacy tutor. She plans to enroll at PCC to become a social worker…..Full Article click here
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