Longmont Rotary has several Literacy Projects. Charlotte Tyson and Edwina Salazar provided an overview, offering focus on the international literacy project in the Philippines. The relationship with the city of Dauin on Negros Island started in 2004 with Longmont club Rotarian, Dr. Stan Ladd, who became our champion for this project. Through Stan's marital connections he became familiar with the community of Dauin and their needs, donating a much needed duplication machine to the school, along with school supplies. In 2012, the Literacy Chairs, Edwina Salazar and Charlotte Tyson made a trip to Dauin, Philippines, delivering school supplies and assessing further needs. This began the expansion into building a Comfort Room (2012), and a Feeding Program (2017-18)- both projects at Malongcay High School. Today our club serves 3000 students at 6 different schools (Bagacay Elementary School, Panubtuban Elementary School, Malongcay Elementary School, Froilan A. Alana no Memorial High School, Dauin National High School and Malongcay Dacu High School), providing school supplies.
Other current club literacy projects include: Born to Read, District Matching Grants to fund OUR Center Adult Learning Lab, Mountain States Children’s Home-Chromebooks and scientific calculators, Slick Haley Awards, Compassion Awards and 4-Way Test in Schools.
