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Join us online this June Help raise money to contribute to our cause We are holding an online auction to raise money for Palmetto LiteracyCouncil starting on Thu June 17th, 2021 @ 6:00 AM EDT and ending on SunJune 20th, 2021 @ 10:00 PM EDT. We are holding this online auction to help raise much-needed […]

Enjoy a Happy Mother’s Day From the Director’s Corner Dear Friends, What a beautiful month April was and we are hoping for an even more beautiful May. The flowers are popping everywhere! May has many days worth celebrating: May 4 National Teacher Day – Thank you to all of the hardworking teachers.May 6 National Nurses

Be Apart of World Book Day From the Director’s Corner Dear Friends, April = Spring, beautiful flowers and strawberries! This month World Book Day takes place on April 23. World Book Day changes lives through a love of books and shared reading. Its mission is to promote reading for pleasure, offering every child and young

Let’s Celebrate Women’s History Month! From the Director’s Corner Dear Friends, Happy March! This month we are celebrating Women’s History, National Reading Month, and Dr. Seuss’s Birthday (March 2). What a great way to celebrate March. We hope you learn about the impact women have made in history. Please share what you have learned. We

The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy Reviewed by Patricia D’Ascoli In 1969 Pat Conroy entered what turned out to be a kind of alternate universe when he decided to teach eighteen mostly illiterate black children on Yamacraw Island. Yamacraw is a fictitious name for Daufuskie Island, the southernmost inhabited sea island in South Carolina.

Happy Valentine’s Day and Black History Month! From the Director’s Corner Happy February and Black History Month! We hope everyone is safe, healthy and following the CDC Guidelines to reduce the spread of the virus…not to mention getting a vaccine soon! It is Black History Month and the month of the heart (Valentine’s Day). We

An enjoyable, interesting, online discussion with South Carolina Authors Join us for a direct discussion with featured authors Rebecca Bruff and Barbara V. Evers on a ZOOM call this Saturday, January 30th at 10:00 am. Sign up today! FEATURED AUTHORS: Rebecca Bruff – Trouble the Water Barbara V. Evers – The Watchers of Moniah trilogy WHEN:Saturday, January

Happy New Years From the Director’s Corner Happy New Year!!! We are so excited about our new year and new opportunities! I want to thank all of our volunteers for their time and hard work. I hear almost every day how wonderful you are! Students are beginning to read independently without coaxing from their parents.

Dear Friends, Thank you for all your support over the past year. We know it’s been a rough one for a lot of people. Today is #givingtuesday, a national day of giving, and we could really use your help. We rely on donations to provide students and adults the materials they need to learn to

Thank you to all who participated! We want to thank the golfers, MM Golf and Travel, the donors of the raffle prizes, and all of the volunteers who came out to help. Our First Charity Golf Tournament was a great success. We couldn’t have done it without all of their support. We hope that everyone