Partners in this grant include Evenstart, Suwannee Valley Community Coordinated Child Care, Columbia County Schools' Title I Parent Involvement Program and Time Warner Communications. This year's project will again offer a training workshop for childcare workers and workshops for parents at the main and branch libraries and at local childcare centers. The workshops are designed to give parents the skills to support their children's reading readiness development and to increase their chances for excelling in school and life. Library Literacy Coordinator Vickie Lepore will coordinate the workshops. She also leads the Adult Literacy Program that offers free tutoring services to adult learners.
Basic literacy is an area of community concern and a library emphasis.
For details, call Lepore at 758-2111. Fashion show a success The High Five Unit, a local cancer support organization, held the Lynnette S. Ricketson Luncheon and Fashion Show on Wednesday to raise money for the American Cancer Society. First Federal Savings Bank of Florida was the diamond sponsor. Platinum sponsors were Alltel Communications and Ricketson Publications. Gold sponsors were CNB National Bank and Suwannee Valley Cancer Center.