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The Maine Humanities Council Newsletter ~ Spring 2004 ~ p. 3
The Annual Report Issue

1
Caring About You, Not Just Your Cat Scan
(cover page)

2
A Letter from the Executive Director, A Letter from the Chair and Carlson Award

3
Thank You —
Born to Read / RSVP volunteers

4
Donors:
Thank You


5
2003 Grants

6
Donors:
Thank You


7
Financial Summary

8
Views of the East &
Threatened and Endangered
(back cover)


Thank You

A heartfelt thank you to the dedicated Born to Read / RSVP volunteers who reBorn to Read logoad aloud to Maine's youngest children during 2003.

The Maine Humanities Council's Born to Read program works to ensure that Maine's youngest children are read aloud to daily. The first three years of life are critically important for brain development, and reading out loud to children from birth is one of the best ways to nourish a developing brain. Born to Read provides books and training to volunteer readers and childcare providers.

RSVP OF SOUTHERN MAINE
Serving Cumberland
and York
Counties

Sue Antal
Cynthia Archibald
Robert Arsenault
Beatrice Asken
Precille Beebe
Julie Bennett
Patricia Bredenberg
Karen Bruns
Frances Carr
William Charles
Louis Clarke
Lynn Coffey
Thomas Coffey
Edith Countaway
Gloria Day
Judi Dineen
Claudette Fearon
Patricia Foster
Becky Hamblin
Deadra Hamilton
Edward Hanley
Sheila Hayes
Lorraine Hepler
Jean Hill
Richard Horner
Holly Hudon
Esther Kelly
Ann Marie Kenney
Anne King
Barbara Knowles
Frances Koch
Virginia Kurtz
Elizabeth Lagueux
Patricia Lang
Roberta Libby
Dorothy Miller
Florence Morrison
Micheline Neveux
Donald Northrop
Joan O'Toole
Louise Patterson
Carolyn Pease
Marietta Pelletier
Margaret Poulin
Kenneth Read
Renee Rehn
Kimberly Roberts
Mary Ryder
Valerie Scanlon
Donna Marie Schlieper
Dorothy Seibert
Aline Serabia
Sarah Spector
Raymond Spiro
Maria Staples
Evelyn Tarantino
Bertha Targett
Sharon Theofrastou
Linden Thigpen
Charlotte Tibbetts
Virginia Tupper
Wayne Walls
Louise Way
Beatrice Wehmeyer
Nancy Worthington

HEALTHREACH RSVP
Serving Northern Kennebec, Somerset, and Franklin Counties
Ida Bailey
Marge Beckler
Roberta Carlstrom
Anne-Marie Dacosta
Linda Davidson
Linda Davis
Dorothy Dickman
Rose Golden
Cynthia Hughes
Theresa King
Frank LeClair
Helen McKendry
Beverly Pillsbury
Faith Rankins
Raymond Rogers
Jeanne Sawyer
Len Siebert
Jane Simoneau
Marjorie Spencer
Judy Townley
Glennis Veilleux
Leona Villa
Nancy Weiner
Joan Wing

CCAP (COASTAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) RSVP
Serving Knox, Lincoln, and Waldo Counties
Owen Appel
Jean Cummings
Inez Daniel
Bob Ehmann
Bruce Faulkner
Corinne Kinney
Natalie Redfield
Flora Shorey
Joan Sternberg

EASTERN MAINE RSVP
Serving Penobscot, Piscataquis, Hancock, and Washington Counties
Kay Lebowitz
Laura Messinger
Carol Mower
Louise Park
Norman Powell

AROOSTOOK RSVP
Serving Aroostook County
Ethel Antworth
Corris Coffin
Shawn Cunningham
Gloria Hebert
Rosemary Hede
Barbara Knowles
Harrison Roper
Marilyn Roper
Rhoda Thombs

From a PSA produced for
Born to Readx.
Photo: Ned Lightner

BECOME A VOLUNTEER

To inquire about becoming a Born to Read volunteer in your local childcare center contact your county's RSVP office. They accept volunteers of all ages.

Cumberland and York Counties
Scarborough, 207-396-6520 or 1-800-427-7411, ext 285

Northern Kennebec, Somerset, and Franklin Counties
Waterville, 207-873-1127

Knox, Lincoln, and Waldo Counties
Rockland, 207-596-0361

Penobscot, Piscataquis, Hancock, and Washington Counties
Orono, 207-581-4412

Aroostook County
Presque Isle, 207-764-3396

For more information on Born to Read or call
207-773-5051.

 

 

 

NEW BOOKS, NEW READERS

Two ESOL students discuss a book in the Council's New Books, New Readers program at Portland Adult Education. The group includes people from 11 countries.

 

 

 

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