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BY ANNA-RHESA VERSOLA
More than 250 guests helped raise $47,000 for Chatham Literacy at the 12th annual spring benefit luncheon held May 17 at Governors Club. Featured speaker and award-winning author Lee Smith stood at the podium and delighted the audience with animated readings from her newest novel, “Silver Alert.” The New York Times bestselling author is a retired professor of English at NC State University, and still works with students to develop the power of storytelling. Chatham Literacy is a nonprofit organization that offers free literacy programs for adults who live and work in Chatham County. Attendees included donors, sponsors, students and literacy tutors who volunteer their time to help adults learn to read and write. CM 5
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1 Beth Essington, Diane Sasson, Brenda Rogers, Virginia Costenbader and Elizabeth Welfel. 2 Eric Williams and Catherine Hobbs. 3 Joselyn Villaseñor and Jocelyne Ramirez. 4 Lee Smith. 5 Pam Naugle and Maria Porras. 6 Bhavna Patel, Bonnie Herman and Depti Mehta.
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CHATHAM MAGAZINE
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2023