STREETALK
What’s your hope for the new year? Asked at Chikoko’s Bizarre Bazaar
Gayle Kimball author
That we recognize the seriousness of climate disaster. That [depends on] Trump not being re-elected.
Let’s
ceLebrate! ebrate! Invite party organizers to your door with the Chico News & Review’s party guide, which covers a full range of parties and what our readers need to make them happen. This year we will be focusing on all things weddings!
By 4th grade students are transitioning from learning-to-read to readingto-learn. Over 60% of 4th graders in our community (and nation wide) do not read at grade level1. Statistically, 2/3rd’s of students who are not proficient readers by 4th grade wind up in jail or on welfare2. Thanks to Reading Pals volunteers, students enrolled in our program QUADRUPLE their literacy learning rate, gaining 1 full year of literacy skills in just 4 months in the program.
Look for Let’s CeLebrate! on stands february 13. Christine Connerly
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Tim Kemper loan officer
Health and safety for my friends and family.
Michelle Ott artist
To create leisure time and get some rest and sleep this year. It’s been an uphill [climb], so I hope to find a plateau and sink in a little.
1 hour a week reading with a community volunteer changes a students life forever! Do you have an hour to spare?
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artist
My hope for the new year is that we will have as positive an election season as possible, and have a new president who cares about people’s welfare.
Give the Gift of Literacy
1. US Department of Education 2017 | 2. United Way: Illiteracy—A National Crisis
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