South Baldwin Literacy Council Receives Grant

South Baldwin Literacy Council Receives Grant

The South Baldwin Literacy Council was recently awarded a $5,000 grant from the Holy Spirit Thrift Shop. The South Baldwin Literacy Council is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing literacy instruction to help people in our community make a better life for themselves and their families. They have a reading program for children that focuses on dyslexia. They have a sensory-sensitive summer reading program for children diagnosed with Autisms. They have a money budgeting skills classes, and they continue with their Book and a Bear program that provides South Baldwin Regional Medical Center pediatric patients with a bear, a book of their choice, and material about the importance of reading to children. Pictured: Volunteer Sara Walker, Manager Alicia Gattenio, Adult Literacy Coordinator Tammy Stacey, Executive Director Vaughn Best, Volunteers Paula Tiepal and Bob Swartz.