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Resources
The Buffalo Creek Literacy Project received several grants in 2005 and
2006. The Stokes County Organization for the Revitalization of the Economy
(SCORE) gave $3,500 for the director's pay; the Apple Foundation gave
$7,700 in two separate grants for salaries, student books, training
for the director from the Augustine Project, a computer, overhead projector
and office supplies. The R. J. Reynolds Foundation gave $5,000 for salaries
and books for students, and the Bill Johnson Trust gave $3,000 in two
separate grants for salaries, books and for Wilson Language Training
tuition for the director. The Wal-Mart Foundation gave $2,000 for tutor
training materials and student books.
When the BCLP first started, Cindy Watson donated materials worth $1,500,
and $450 over two years from the Stokes United Fund made our first tutor
trainings possible and funded more books. Thank you!
Others have donated valuable time and talents. Janis Henderson-Hunsucker
designs and updates our website, consults with us on artistic matters
and directs the board. Sherry Stewart, CPA, compiled the paperwork necessary
to apply for non-profit status through the IRS and audits our accounts.
Charlotte Offerdahl, attorney, advises us on legal issues, and Rebecca
Dresser has worked tirelessly on our newsletter and brochure, even making
printing arrangements.
Donations have also made an impact, for those who benefit from our supply
of teaching materials and to our hearts - still touched by Karen Payne's
decision to ask that donations be made, in lieu of flowers, to the BCLP
in honor of her son, Anthony Payne, who passed away last summer. Her
friends and relatives sent us about $700.
Others have donated generously as well: Joy and Wayne Lewis (who give
$25 per month), and the Shoals Ruritans, which gave $200 after Joy Lewis
presented our cause to them.
Our 24 tutors donate many hours of their time to training and teaching.
They are diligent and dedicated and make a world of difference to individuals,
families and our communities - without any fanfare at all.
Thank you all for your kind faith and generosity.
Pictured
here are the BCLP director with three Apple Foundation representations:
(L-R): S. Jack Webster, Jr., Ben Vernon, Mary Lee, and J. Michael Cumberland.
(L-R):
Jessie Tucker Mitchell, John Hartman, Mary Lee, R. J. Reynolds representative
Raymond Goolsby, Charlotte Offerdahl, and tutor Rebecca Dresser met
in January 2006, when the Reynolds Foundation presented the BCLP with
a donation of $5,000.
Please look for our entry in the Stokes Family Resource Guide. Now available for download - The Stokes Family Resource Guide from Stokes Partnership for Children