SAVE THE DATE! A Celebration of Reading Dallas/Ft. Worth to be held on Monday, November 12, 2012
George P. and Amanda Bush, Co-Chairs of the Dallas/Ft. Worth Celebration of Reading invite you to join them in November. Visit the Dallas/Ft. Worth Celebration of Reading page for more information on our featured best-selling authors: Chris Kyle, Kathryn McGarr, and Sally Bedell Smith! Others to be announced soon.
Former First Lady reads to kids to promote new literacy program Springvale, Maine
"In the times that we are having now, with so much unemployment, we have to teach adults and children to read..." stated Mrs. Bush. "There is just no question about it." Former First Lady Barbara Bush read to preschool kids to promote a new literacy partnership between her foundation and the Libra Foundation.
Free program educates parents while children learn Rockland, Maine
Know and Grow, separates mothers and children into two classrooms and teaches them individualized lessons. Know and Grow is funded by a $25,000 grant from Maine Family Literacy Initiative, which is a program of the Barbara Bush Foundation.
Barbara Bush Foundation’s Maine Family Literacy Initiative Awards $385,000 In New Grants
Barbara Bush announced today that The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy’s Maine Family Literacy Initiative (MEFLI) has awarded a total of $385,000 to 17 communities in Maine. Maine Family Literacy Initiative funds are used to support parents and children as they improve their reading, writing and comprehension and share the bond that reading together creates. At a special ceremony today at the J. Richard Martin Community Center in Biddeford, ME, representatives from each program accepted their grant awards from Mrs. Bush. Mrs. Bush was joined by First Lady Ann LePage at the celebration.
Free Rockland program educates parents while children learn
ROCKLAND, Maine — As area children settled into their first day of school Tuesday, Sophia Nelson, 3, scribbled blue and yellow crayons onto a white sheet of paper. She decided it was done and showed it to teacher Clelia Sigaud, who gave her a piece of tape to stick the art to the wall. “The sticky part needs to go on the wall, OK?” Sigaud said.
“OK!”
Seven pieces of tape later, the art was on the wall and Sophia moved on to pulling books off the shelves.
The First Lady’s Family Literacy Initiative 2011-2012 Grants Announced
The winners of The First Lady’s Family Literacy Initiative for Texas grants for 2011 have been announced, bringing the total number of family literacy program implementation grants to 156 since the Initiative began. This is the 16th year of providing grants for family literacy projects in Texas. Launched at the Governor’s Mansion in Austin in 1996 by Honorary Chair Laura Bush, The First Lady’s Family Literacy Initiative has awarded over $4.3 million to create or expand family literacy programs in which parents, as well as their children, build their literacy skills by reading and learning together. To date thousands of families have benefited from participation in these innovative programs in 83 Texas cities, and the Initiative is still going strong. This year, nine grants totaling almost $450,000 were selected for funding to implement family literacy programs. Read More
The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy announced today that its Maryland Family Literacy Initiative has awarded grants totaling $504,450 to 13 local organizations serving low-income, low-literacy Maryland residents. Ranging from $40,000 to $50,000, ten implementation grants were awarded to nonprofit organizations and public agencies for the purpose of implementing family literacy programs in their communities. Winners were selected in a competitive process following the submission of proposals from a variety of organizations. Family Literacy programs work to improve the language and literacy skills of both parents and children and encourage a love of reading and education within families.
Barbara Bush Foundation Awards $600,000+ in New Grants The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy announced today that its National Grant Program is awarding a total of $624,952 to 10 nonprofit organizations, public school districts, and other agencies across the United States to improve the literacy skills of parents and their children. Since its inception in 1989, the Foundation has awarded nearly $40 million to 863 family literacy programs in 50 states, including the nation’s capital.
Three Doctoral Students to Receive Barbara Bush Fellowships The Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning (TCALL) selected graduate students Juana Vasquez, Mattyna Stephens and Feyi Obamehinti as the 2011-2012 Barbara Bush Fellows.
CVN77 enjoyed the first Celebration of Reading at Sea
Doro Bush Koch, founder of The Maryland Initiative of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy partnered the Foundation with the USS George H. W. Bush CVN77 to put on the first Celebration of Reading at Sea on
May 1, 2010.
The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy is proud to announce the 2010-2011 Barbara Bush Fellows at The Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning (TCALL) at Texas A&M University.
Celebrating Family Literacy for 20 Years: Selected Case Studies 1989-2009
The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy announced today the publication of Celebrating Family Literacy for 20 Years: Selected Case Studies 1989-2009.
