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Central Carolina Community Foundation conducts Literacy 2030 Focus Groups

Submitted by: Molly Ruggere on Jun 08, 2011 at 3:30 pm Tagged with: Central Carolina Community Foundation, focus groups, Literacy 2030 Source: Central Carolina Community Foundation

COLUMBIA, S.C. (June 8, 2011) — Central Carolina Community Foundation will be holding focus groups Tuesday, June 14 through Thursday, June 16 to discuss Literacy 2030, an initiative to make South Carolina 100 percent literate by 2030.

“South Carolina consistently receives poor scores in regards to basic education and literacy,” said JoAnn Turnquist, President and CEO of Central Carolina Community Foundation. “However, with on-going discussion, community collaboration and ideation among our state’s citizens, educators, businesses and legislators we can combat the low literacy in our state and rewrite the future.”

The public is invited to attend the focus groups conducted by Margaret Doughty, founder of the national organization Literacy Powerline, at one of the following locations:

• Tuesday June 14th
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Kershaw County Public Library
1304 Broad Street
Camden, SC

• Tuesday June 14th
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Richland County Public Library, Bostick Auditorium
1431 Assembly Street
Columbia, SC

• Wednesday June 15th
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
First United Methodist Church
109 West College Street
Winnsboro, SC

• Wednesday June 15th
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Orangeburg County Public Library
Orangeburg, SC

• Thursday, June 16th
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Newberry County Library
1100 Friend Avenue
Newberry SC

For more information about Central Carolina Community Foundation and Literacy 2030 visit yourfoundation.org or www.facebook.com/Literacy2030.

About Central Carolina Community Foundation
Central Carolina Community Foundation is a nonprofit organization serving 11 counties in the Midlands by helping charitable individuals and businesses meet the needs of our community. For more information, visit their website at www.yourfoundation.org or visit their Facebook page.
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