Going Squish! like a Lemon

A shameless plug goes out today for a new program, called "Lemons for Literacy," that is being offered by my workplace, HEC Reading Horizons. Below, I present part of the press release that (ahem) yours truly helped write about it:

As the old saying goes, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!”
Over 40 million Americans struggle with literacy problems. People who struggle with reading can be seen as having been given lemons in life. With the support of effective reading instruction, these people can turn their lemons into lemonade.

We want to celebrate and support the resiliency of people who overcome their struggles with reading. Thousands of inspiring people have turned their struggles with reading into strengths.

Lemons for Literacy has two goals:
1. To help cure illiteracy by providing free literacy materials to people in need.
2. To provide free education for everyone.

Lemons for Literacy is a vocabulary-building game that visitors to the Reading Horizons Web site will be able to play. Players must identify a series of vocabulary words. The words begin at a low-grade level and get progressively more difficult as the game is played. For each correct answer, a hand will squeeze lemon juice into a glass. Five lemons squeezed make one glass of lemonade, and five glasses amount to a pitcher full of lemonade. For every pitcher of lemonade that is filled, Reading Horizons will donate money to purchase literacy materials for a needy site.

Visit: http://www.ReadingHorizonsAtHome.com/LemonsForLiteracy
to help individuals
http://www.ReadingHorizons.com/LemonsForLiteracy
to help institutions

Play and promote literacy!