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From Sharon: Congratulations, Springdale!

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Today, NCFL is excited to announce that Springdale, Arkansas, has been awarded one of the 2008 Toyota Family Literacy Program (TFLP) grant awards. Springdale faced very stiff competition! NCFL received proposals from 191 cities across the country for the TFLP award; Springdale was one of only five selected.
What makes this award so special is that […]

Tags: Community involvement, TFLP, Toyota

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Toyota Teacher of the Year applications now available

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Calling all family literacy teachers! It’s that time of year again.
This year marks the 13th annual Toyota Family Literacy Teacher of the Year award. This year’s winner will receive $7,500 for his or her family literacy program as well as a free trip to the 2009 National Conference on Family Literacy in Orlando, Florida.
The applications […]

Tags: Conference, Teacher of the Year, Toyota

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A Novel Way to Help

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Change your oil, exchange a book - it’s “A Novel Way to Help.”
And it’s a program that area Toyota dealers are participating in to promote family literacy and NCFL. Traffic Builders, Better World Books, and NCFL have partnered with 46 Toyota dealerships across 5 states for a new program, A Novel Way to Help.When […]

Tags: Betterworld.com, NCLF, Toyota

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National Conference on Family Literacy Underway

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Conference has officially begun! Opening session kicked off with NCFL president Sharon Darling, U.S. Congressman John Yarmuth, and literacy pioneer Rosa Pesqueira speaking. Pat Pineda then announced the 2008 Toyota Family Literacy Program Teacher of the Year …congratulations to Katy Kibbey! As part of her award package, Katy was featured on a jumbotron in Times […]

Tags: Anna Quindlen, family literacy, literacy issues, national conference on family literacy, NCFL, Toyota

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National Conference on Family Literacy Sparks Excitement

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

As I think about our conference this year, there are so many exciting things. I can’t help but marvel at how different the conference is from the first one we had at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1991. For that conference, my main concern was having enough space for attendees and […]

Tags: Anna Quindlen, Byron Pitts, family literacy, literacy issues, national conference on family literacy, NCFL, Toyota

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