September is "Literacy Month"

Cocoa Beach Woman's Club EDUCATION DEPARTMENT is presenting the September Program “LITERACY MONTH”. The focus will be on "Education in the Community".

Cindy Heinig from the Cocoa Beach Library will be our speaker at our September 10th General meeting at the Cocoa Beach Country Club. Ms. Heinig will talk about the importance of reading at all ages.

The Cocoa Beach Woman's Club has become a sponsor of the Dictionary Project. Sponsors provide a personal dictionary to school children so they can enjoy the benefit of a large vocabulary. Reading is the most important skill of all and educators see third grade as the dividing line between learning to read and reading to learn.

Jan Mulberry, Chairman of the Education Department, will present 30 dictionaries to representatives from Cape View Elementary School at the meeting. These will be given to third grade students. Our club will be listed on the Dictionary Project’s web-site as a sponsor working to improve literacy and the quality of life in our community.

To encourage reading at all ages we will have a “book-swap”. Please bring in a book you no longer want and exchange it for another one.

Jan Mulberry

Chairman Education Department

321-783-5551

RayJanMulberry@Juno.com