Free Adult Education in Chatham County
The Chatham News and Record published an article about the needs assessment survey conducted by Chatham Literacy, to develop a plan to do the greatest good in the county. Read it at the link below. https://www.chathamnewsrecord.com/stories/chatham-literacy-sees-avenues-for-growth,2942
The September 12 edition of The Chatham News & Record includes a great article on our upcoming Fall For Literacy Luncheon and its featured speaker: North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green. Read the article. Tickets are still available. Click here to read more about the luncheon and to purchase tickets.
Our fundraising events are essential to the adult education services Chatham Literacy provides. Everyone who attends helps support us. Sponsors provide another vital level of support. Without our dedicated sponsors, we could not hold events like our upcoming Fall for Literacy Luncheon in Siler City. We give a huge thank you to our sponsors. Platinum […]
Thanks to Central Electric’s customers for rounding up their monthly bill! Because of you…there was money to grant to Chatham Literacy. We are very thankful for the $3,000 award we received that will support tutoring services for adults who live or work in Chatham County. Operation Round Up is a volunteer program in which Central […]
Vicki Newell, Executive Director of Chatham Literacy, is a member of the Siler City Rotary Club. On February 9, 2019, Vicki attended the District Rotary’s training on district grants and Rotary leadership. It was a really good morning of training and professional development. Locally, Chatham Literacy is one of the nonprofits that the Siler City […]
It is with a heavy heart I share the sad news that Fran Mears passed away. Fran was one of those first involved with Chatham Literacy, joining the Board of Directors in 2010 and serving in that capacity into 2016. As a member of the marketing committee, Fran was instrumental in branding Chatham Literacy in […]
Vicki Newell (Executive Director) and DJ Lynch (Bookkeeper), on behalf of Chatham Literacy, accepted a grant check for $3,000 from Central Electric Member Care Trust, Inc. The grant funds are “powered” by voluntary donations from Central Electric members and will be used to help expand our tutoring services to even more adults throughout Chatham County. […]
T-shirt Tuesday is almost here —- next Tuesday, Dec. 5th, 11 am – 9 pm at the Hwy 55 Restaurant. For everyone with a purple t-shirt — wear your “Never too early, never too late” Chatham literacy t-shirt to receive 10% off of your check. About Hwy 55, 987 East Street in Pittsboro Craving fresh—never-frozen—burgers, […]
The local bluegrass band Nu-Blu will play a charity concert at Peppercorn restaurant in Siler City on Saturday, December 2 from 7-9 PM. Tickets are $25. Proceeds go to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. This is a literacy program of the Siler Rotary club and Chatham partnership for children. Chatham Literacy is supporting this as a member of […]
On September 9, 2017, seventy people came together to improve literacy in Chatham County, and had a great time doing it. They attended the Fall for Literacy Luncheon at the Siler City Country Club and enjoyed a delicious lunch and an entertaining program of speakers. Adult learner Alma Tovar spoke movingly about what further education has […]
