Lawana,

Hi, my name is Mora Doherty and I am the coordinator for the Charlotte
County Adult Learning Center in Virginia. I teach beginning reading and now
ESOL. I am also in charge of raising funds. I have not used the idea you
have presented. But, since fundraising is an ongoing issue for our center, I
am thinking why not let the students become more involved in working on the
fundraisers for us, and tie it in to the lessons like you have suggested? 

Mora 

 

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From: familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Gail Price
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 11:04 AM
To: The Family Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [FamilyLiteracy 1088] Fundraisers as teaching tools

 

The following message is posted on behalf of Lawana Wilson (Lawana at vol.com

 

 

My name is Lawana Wilson. I have been working with the adult education
population for several years in Madison County Kentucky. Doing a fundraiser
can be a great teaching tool.  The students can pick a name for their
business.  They can do this by having an essay contest, a skill needed for
the GED. They can also write essays to decide what fair thing to do with the
money. The students may have an event for their family or have a bigger
graduation.  In math class the students can do charts and graphs of their
progress and profit, etc.  I have been a Family Literacy Coordinator and
could see this tie to Family Literacy as well.  

 

 

Have other subscribers tried fundraisers as a means of instruction? What
have been your results? Do you have other ideas to add to Lawana's?

 

 

 

Gail J. Price

Multimedia Specialist

National Center for Family Literacy

325 W. Main Street, Suite 300

Louisville, KY 40202

gprice at famlit.org

502 584-1133, ext. 112

 

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