ExcellenceinLiteracy

Join us in a Revolution of Literacy and Hope - help us make every Canadian free and literate!

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The team at the ELF has our arms around every family and community mourning the death of George Floyd. Our hearts are breaking with yours.

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Delighted to be launching a new literacy and life skills program with the support of the @JLFoundation2! Grateful!

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Thank you @JLFoundation2 for supporting literacy and life skills program delivery for homeless, marginalized children and youth!

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We are grateful for the support of the @JLFoundation2! Thank you for your wonderful grant that will support our program participants from refugee and refugee claimant families!

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We are proud to partner with @OttCommFdn for our #literacy programs for marginalized youth! Thank you OCF for all your great work in #ottcity. #ottawa

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We are so grateful to @OttCommFdn for their gift to our literacy and life skills programming! #ottcity #communityfoundationsofcanada

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Thank you @OttCommFdn for your generous donation to our #literacy and life skills programming for #homeless #refugees in #ottcity! #ottawa #philanthropy

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Thankful to @intactinsurance Better Communities for supporting our programs for homeless youth, children from refugee families, and youth with exceptionalities! #IntactInsBCP #IntactInsurance #BetterCommunitiesProgram

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The ELF is grateful to Intact Insurance’s Better Communities Program for their generous support to our local, Ottawa Sage Youth Programs! #IntactInsBCP #IntactInsurance #BetterCommunitiesProgram

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We are grateful to be able to launch the C.B. Powell Foundation Literacy for Life program that will support our students in developing the skills they need to succeed at work and school!

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Many thanks to the C.B. Powell Foundation for supporting our core, financial, and vocational literacy programs at Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School!

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“Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.” Queen Rania of Jordon. 75% of after-school program participants, who finished high school, were employed AND in post-secondary when we contacted them.

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“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” Harriet Tubman

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We are excited to launch the C.B. Powell Foundation Literacy for Life Program at our Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School location!

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“Nothing will work unless you do.” Maya Angelou. 85% of program participants in our after school program who finished high school were employed when we contacted them for our recent longitudinal study.

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“When I was twelve, one of my friends bet another friend a bag of sweets that I would never come to anything. I don't know if this bet was ever settled, and if so, which way it was decided." Stephen Hawking

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Thank you to @OttCommFdn for your generous grant to our new evolutionary REAL Project! We look forward to contributing to #ottcity through this work. #ottcity #ottgives #ottyouth #ottawa #philanthropy

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"At school, I was never more than about halfway up the class. It was a very bright class. My classwork was very untidy, and my handwriting was the despair of my teachers. But my classmates gave me the nickname Einstein, so presumably they saw signs of something better.” S Hawking

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We're excited to launch our REAL Project, that will get our students ready for the AI workplace revolution! Funded by a grant from @OttCommFdn. #ottcity #ottawa #ottigives #philanthropy

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“I was born 50 yrs after slavery, in 1913. I was allowed to read. My mother, who was a teacher, taught me when I was a very young child. The first school I attended was a small building that went from first to sixth grade. There was 1 teacher for all of the students.” Rosa Parks