Congratulations to our colleagues at the Ontario Public Library, whose team placed first in the adult division at today's 8th Annual Wayne County Rotary Spelling Bee. The ten Rotary Clubs in Wayne County sponsored this morning's event at Eastview Mall as part of their program to call attention to illiteracy and to raise money for adult education services within the County.
The Palmyra-Macedon Rotary homepage states, "Illiteracy costs our nation's businesses and taxpayers approximately $20 billion per year. In Wayne County alone, the local Literacy Volunteer affiliate tells us there are as many as 28,000 long term residents, one in nine, who cannot read or write well enough to function on the job."
Kudos to the Ontario team, Ruth Schutt, Michele Goodenough, and Kris Moeller, for their dedication to supporting literacy, both in and out of their library.
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