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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

Happy Halloween Director’s Corner We have some exciting events coming up: The Charity Golf Tournament put on by MM Golf and Travel and Elwin Miles on November 23 as well as Giving Tuesday on December 1. As of November 5, we have 16 students/tutors work-ing together. That is almost as high as our Pre-COVID Shut-Down

We Know She’ll Make Us Proud Leah Sullivan has been our extern student from Miller-Motte College for the last five weeks. We are going to miss her desperately. She will graduate in December and is looking for full-time employment. She is amazing at details, has excellent customer service skills, and is very skilled with Microsoft

Happy Halloween Director’s corner Wow! What a month! Welcome to fall! Just a quick update, our First Authors’ Panel with Issac Bailey and Dana Ridenour was AMAZING! What great story tellers they are and it shows in their work! It was a great way to start a Saturday and celebrate NATIONAL LITERACY MONTH. Look for

Join Us This November Palmetto Literacy Council is hosting a charity golf tournament this Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, at The Man O’ War Golf Course starting at 8 am. There will be 7 team winners and each will win green fees to local golf courses from The Dunes Club, True Blue, Caledonia, Barefoot, Prestwick, and

Director’s Corner Director’s corner Horry County Schools opened using a hybrid model on September 8, 2020. Our parents and adult students are counting on us to help them through the struggle of learning to read, write and do math. We are open online and face-to-face. Our latest updates: Chapin Memorial Library: A. New hours: Monday

Ask a Local Author Your Thoughts This Saturday, September 26th, from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm the Palmetto Literacy Council is hosting an online discussion with three local South Carolinian authors: Dana Ridenour, Issac Bailey, and Steve Robertson. To register, please use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aU414QPTQY-BNEZ198VcTQIn order to sign up, we are requesting a donation

How it can affect our future Literacy makes an impact on everyone Illiteracy is more than just a personal problem, it’s an issue that affects the future of our community as a whole. Students who are sufficiently literate will statistically make better decisions in the future by choosing proper health care and avoiding jail time.