Telling Tales Festival Westfield Heritage Village September 18th 2011

http://www.tellingtales.org/

for great info and video clips on Telling Tales Festival

These comments were made after 2010 fabulously successful festival: 

 - Telling Tales has raised an astounding $45,000
for local literacy projects. "I am so pleased that through our second annual
festival we were able to raise twice as much for local literacy programs,"
says Susan Jasper, festival chair and founder.

"We absolutely could not have done it without the support of our community
partners, sponsors and volunteers."

The literacy programs that will receive a portion of this year's funds
raised are:

* Hamilton Literacy Council's Literacy and Basic Skills Program
* The Hamilton Wentworth District School Board/Rotary Summer Literacy
Program at its new mountain location
* Early Literacy Hamilton's pilot program focusing on literacy for newborn
babies. 

Please get involved again this year.  Our club is a major sponsor in $$$

$2000 makes us a "Silver" Sponsor. 

We really want people to be involved on the day by volunteering for jobs that will be posted closer to the time.  Gerry Willard, Jim Brindle and Anthony Ford-Jones et al. were involved with the Book Shop and Swap tent which was very successful.  There are many other areas that we could get involved with in the running of the event. 

We need books for all ages of child and youth, and don't forget the boys!  Please look hard at the possibility of coming up with gently used books from attics and cupboards, your children's old books, library withdrawn books etc.  Kathy Thomas has kindly agreed to store books at Green Thumb on Guelph Line above Hwy 5 and Richard Pass can also store books in his office on Brant St.