The Metropolitan Reading Council - Omaha, Nebraska - Welcomes You!

Winter Newsletter

Congratulations to the 2009 Winners of
Metropolitan Reading Council's
Annual Writing Contest!

This year's celebration was held at Northwest High School!

		Linda Placzek at the Raffle Table. Celebrate Literacy!
Dr. Wilma Kulhman Greets Guest Author N.L. Sharp
Congratulations to all the Winners and Participants in this Year's Writing Contest!		Students Find Directions to the Auditorium from Lisa Bethel Didamo

 

 

The Mission of the Metropolitan Reading Council is to promote literacy in Omaha and surrounding communities.

"Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development, an essential complement to investments in roads, dams, clinics and factories. Literacy is a platform for democratization, and a vehicle for the promotion of cultural and national identity. Especially for girls and women, it is an agent of family health and nutrition. For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right.... Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential."

~ Kofi Annan