Celebrate National Seniors Day/National Grandparents Day Reading Event--Volunteers Needed
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Literacy Lollapalooza Practice Event
The Literacy Lollapalooza Practice Event was a blast. Sign up for the newsletter to receive updates about the fundraiser event coming in 2024.
Check out a few scenes from the event.
Check out a few scenes from the event.
Celebrating National Senior Citizens Day
IntroToSeniorReadingEvent2022 by lmitchell50
Metro East Literacy Project volunteers read to senior citizens at the Clyde C. Jordan Senior Center in East St. Louis, Illinois on Friday, September 9, 2022. This was the third year for this event. Volunteers included employees of Cork Tree Creative Marketing, homeschool children, and supporters of literacy.
Celebrating Juneteenth
Linda Mitchell read "Free At Last" at the Juneteenth event hosted by the O'Fallon, IL NAACP at the public library.
Encouragement Volunteer Trainings
Michelle's Place Child Care Center, Cahokia, Illinois
Training at the O'Fallon, IL Public Library. Guest speaker Dr. Jef Williams discussed trauma in families.
Young Leaders Institute
Linda Mitchell, first row, third from right, spoke to the Young Leaders of the O'Fallon-Shiloh, Illinois Chamber of Commerce, about how the mission and genesis of the Metro East Literacy Project, on May 18, 2022.
The Literacy Landscape of Walmart
MELP executive director Linda Mitchell speaks at the grand reopening of the O'Fallon, Illinois Walmart on May 17, 2022. MELP is a recipient of a Walmart Community grant.
Linda Mitchell speaking and receiving a $1,000 grant from the Walmart Community Foundation on July 1, 2022, in Belleville, IL.