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Share the Gift of Reading!
Pioneers Continue Support
of "A Book About ME"
Pioneers will continue to give
youngsters the gift of reading by supporting the "A Book About ME" (ABAM)
program through June 2005. ABAM is a reading program designed to
help improve the self-concept and self-esteem of children. You can
help by delivering the program to a school near you!
To date, TelecomPioneers
have delivered the ABAM program to more than 600,000 kindergarten
through second-grade students in the United States and Canada. There
is still time to get involved this school year! Visit
www.telecompioneers.org today and click on the "A Book About ME"
button to learn more about this remarkable educational program. |
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Home Depot &
Outback Gift Cards!
Buy popular gift certificates and
support the Verizon TelecomPioneers! You can now purchase gift
certificates through our Estore with merchants that you do business
with on a regular basis. A percentage of the cost of the gift
certificate is donated back to the Verizon TelecomPioneers.
Learn More and to order... |
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600,000 Books Donated Through Seasons
Readings
Verizon employees helped give a gift that lasts
a lifetime -- reading -- through our annual Season's Readings book
drive. Nearly 600,000 donated books have been distributed to
schools, libraries and literacy organizations around the country.
Employees at more than 440 locations participated in the
campaign, pledging to spend more than 44,000 hours reading to
children, senior citizens and others.
"Every line of business and department helped make Season's
Readings a tremendous success," said Mary Beth Bardin, executive
vice president of Public Affairs and Communications. |
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Kinnard helped clean up 55,000 lbs. of trash
by: Leni Herr, 2nd Vice President, Kinnard
Chapter
On International Coastal Cleanup Day last September, the
Kinnard Chapter,
watershed groups, and environmental organizations cleaned up over
55,000 pounds of trash along 104 miles of rivers, lakes and streams
in Pennsylvania.
The
Ocean Conservancy provides trash bags for each site. Data cards are
filled out with each piece of trash being recorded on the data
card. This data has helped establish international policy such as
the MARPOL Treaty, which prohibits dumping plastics in the ocean.
It has also been used to fine cruise ships that have dumped trash
such as shampoo bottles overboard.
The ICC
Project provides us with environmental hours and helps educate young
children about the dangers of marine debris to wildlife and our
drinking water. Pennsylvania Pioneers are in the process of
developing an educational program to take into the schools. Visit
www.verizonkinnardpioneers.org for more information. |
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Remembering Alice
by: Denise Darden-Woody,
AGB Chapter President
Alice P. Williams, chapter president of the Alexander Graham
Bell Chapter from 1994 to 1996, passed away Feb. 16, from breast
cancer at age 55. As the 2001 recipient of the Hall of Fame Award
for outstanding long-term contributions, Alice was recognized for
chairing many committees, such as Constitution and By-laws, Annual
Meeting, Jr. Achievement, the Sports Jamboree in WV, and Life Member
Representative. She also participated in the "I Like Me' education
project, the wiring for Internet Service at elementary schools, Book
'Em, Challenger Space Center, 24 Math Challenge, the Painting of
Playground Maps, Recruiting new Pioneer Members, all of our Reading
Programs, and more.
Last year, Alice came up with a new project called the
Teacher's Aid boxes. By working with the local schools Alice
discovered the need of day to day school supplies. Alice and Judith
Ware spent many long hours implementing this project and shopping
for just the right items. The Teacher's Aid Boxes were presented to
teachers in Prince Georges County, Montgomery County, Washington DC,
and Northern Virginia.
Donations may be made in her name to Silver Hill Boys & Girls
Club, P.O. Box 165, Temple Hills, Maryland 20748. We love her and
we'll miss her deeply. |
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