Literacy Projects

Enhance the Presence of Republicans in your Community!

A Note From Brenda McCullough, TFRW Literacy Chairman:

 Literacy Projects afford our clubs the opportunity to enhance our communities through the donation of books, promotes our Republican platform, and provides publicity for our local clubs, TFRW and NFRW.

We strive for positive public relations to bring public awareness that Republican Women care.  I look forward to helping you start or expand your literacy programs.

Brenda McCullough, TFRW Literacy Chairman
e-mail:   briemack@gmail.com

TFRW supports and encourages in the following literacy programs:

THE DICTIONARY PROJECT

The Dictionary Project, a 501C3 charity, was started with the goal of providing third grade students in public schools with their own personal dictionary.  In January 2003 the TFRW Board voted to implement the Dictionary Project throughout Texas as one of our community outreach initiatives.  In the first year of the program, forty-six local units participated by donating twenty thousand dictionaries. The history, information on how to implement the project and secure book ordering capability is located at www.dictionaryproject.org . A downloadable package of sample letters, bookplates, presentation guidelines and helpful hints that have been prepared by TFRW local clubs is available at www.tfrw.org .

BARBARA BUSH LITERACY LIBRARY PROJECT (BBLLP)

Barbara Bush founded the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy on March 6, 1989.  Since that time the foundation has awarded nearly $13 million to build or expand about four hundred family literacy programs in forty-four states. TFRW Literacy Chair will provide bookplates to the local clubs in order that the bookplates may be placed in the books before they are donated.

MAMIE EISENHOWER LIBRARY PROJECT (MELP)

The purpose of the Mamie Eisenhower Library Project, established in 1961 to honor the former First Lady, is to foster Republican philosophy and ideas through the donation of subject related books and videos to libraries, schools, or other institutions.  The official MELP list can be found on the NFRW website at www.nfrw.org. TFRW Literacy Chair will provide bookplates to the local clubs in order that the bookplates may be placed in the books before they are donated.

Local units that choose to participate in these literacy programs will earn award points toward the TFRW John Goodwin Tower Award of Excellence and/or the NFRW Achievement Award.

Local clubs are encouraged to:

1.             Participate in the TFRW literacy programs and to appoint a Literacy Chairman.

2.             Have at least one program about literacy during the current biennial period.

3.             Donate at least ten (10) new books (or used-books that are in good condition) to a local library, school, or shelter in support of the BBLLP and one book from the MELP approved list

4.             Report the total number of all donated books and dictionaries and their recipients to the TFRW Literacy Chair. The reporting forms can be found at www.tfrw.org .

5.             Volunteer in local literacy programs.

6.             Publicize your literacy activities.