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I participated in an event on Saturday that promoted literacy awareness that I thought was worth mentioning.
Reading Horizons sponsored an event to promote literacy awareness and help raise funds for a new literacy center opening up in Utah valley. Passers-by were invited to donate a few minutes of their time to a good cause by playing an online game called
Lemons for Literacy.
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Laptops were set up on the grass outside the new literacy center where individuals played the Lemons for Literacy game. To play this game, individuals select the correct definition for a randomly-generated vocabulary word. With each correct answer, or "squeeze" of a lemon, ounces of "lemonade" are produced. For each ounce of lemonade that is
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earned, Reading Horizons makes a cash donation to a site in need of literacy assistance. The site in focus is a new literacy center called the
Superhero Training Center located in Orem, Utah. Free donuts and lemonade were offered to those who stopped by to check out the event.
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Individuals who participated in the event were happy to take part in a good cause. They commented on how they enjoyed the "fun" aspect of it--that they didn't know that helping to make a
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difference could be so much fun. Individuals were encouraged to continue to help by playing the Lemons for Literacy game on their computers at home.
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The Superhero Training Center hopes to be able to serve individuals ages pre-school to adult learn literacy skills needed to contribute to a life of life-long learning. To "make lemonade" for the Superhero Training Center, go to
www.readinghorizons.com/lemonsforliteracy.
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