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Sunday, May 09, 2010

Literacy Council success at SHOW US YOUR GOODNESS

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From: Leigh Anne Hoover hoover@chartertn.net

Jeff,

Please feel free to share this e-mail with the followers of your Kingsport blog. Thanks again for all of your tremendous help and support of this effort!

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The Show Us Your Goodness Web site posted winners today, and the Literacy Council of Kingsport has been selected as one of two overall finalists! This means that our organization will receive $5,000.

Shortcut to: http://www.showusyourgoodness.com/index.php

Community support played a vital role in the judging, and we could not have received a better outpouring from our community.  Thank you to all of our supporters from near and far. This has been a wonderful experience of community unity, and Kingsport is truly blessed to have such caring individuals.

The Literacy Council of Kingsport has a dedicated executive director in Nada Weekley and an equally committed part-time volunteer coordinator, Pat Mattingly. Together, these women, and our wonderful core group of volunteers, will continue to give of themselves as they teach reading and strive to create a "Literacy Legacy" in our region. Thank you, Kingsport, for all of your help and support!

Sincerely,

Leigh Anne W. Hoover

Immediate Past President and Adult Tutor

Literacy Council of Kingsport, Inc.

Kingsport, Tennessee

 




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