WARSAW — Kosciusko Literacy Services will hold an informational meeting to recruit volunteers at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16. Kosciusko Literacy Services is located at 201 N. Union St., Warsaw. Coffee and refreshments will be provided. Kosciusko County has an estimated 9 percent adult illiteracy rate, according to … Read More
NORTH WEBSTER — Professor Elliot Engel brought Shakespeare’s plays to life during his “How William Became Shakespeare” presentation at The Owl’s Nest in North Webster during the 2019 Author Dinner held by Kosciusko Literary Services.
Read MoreBy CYNTHIA CATES Executive Director Kosciusko Literacy Services WARSAW — Camila is a Read to Grow Children’s Book Club graduate who is now in kindergarten at Lincoln Elementary. Read to Grow is administered by Kosciusko Literacy Services and is a countywide program. Camila is doing very well in … Read More
NORTH WEBSTER — Kosciusko Literacy Services is hosting the 2019 Author Dinner “How William Became Shakespeare” on Thursday, Sept. 19, at The Owl’s Nest in North Webster. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The dinner raises much needed funds to provide literacy services. Tickets are $100, of which $65 … Read More
WARSAW — Education becomes more and more valuable with time, something Cynthia Cates, Milford, recognized and what caused her to focus on educational programs in Warsaw. Specifically with Kosciusko Literacy Services, an organization knowing the power that accompanies education and literature. What started as a part time position … Read More
KOSCIUSKO — AHEPA Indiana recently donated $500 to Kosciusko Literacy Services. The donation will support one-on-one tutoring for adults and Read to Grow Children’s Book Club. One-on-one tutoring for adults helps adults who are learning to read, earning an Indiana High School Equivalency diploma or learning English as … Read More
KOSCIUSKO — Kosciusko Literacy Services is pleased to announce the book for the upcoming Plant the Seed, Read! Community Book Read as “Bless Me, Ultima.” “Bless Me, Ultima” by Rudolfo Anaya was first published in 1972. His semi-autobiographical, coming-of-age novel is one of the most critically acclaimed Chicano … Read More
KOSCIUSKO — The TCU Foundation recently awarded Kosciusko Literacy Services $2,500 to support the Endowment Challenge 50, a 50th anniversary celebration of the Kosciusko County Community Foundation providing matching dollars to build youth-serving nonprofit agency endowments. Karen Mayer, manager at Teachers Credit Union in Warsaw, presented Kosciusko Literacy … Read More
KOSCIUSKO — One State/One Story: Frankenstein and Kosciusko Literacy Services celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein;” or, “The Modern Prometheus” locally and in communities throughout Indiana. In Greek mythology, Prometheus, a Titan and trickster, created mankind from clay and enabled civilization by stealing fire from the … Read More
WARSAW — This week, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded Kosciusko Literacy Services a $12,000 grant to support adult literacy. This local grant award is part of more than $8.3 million in grants awarded to more than 1,000 schools, nonprofits and organizations across the 44 states that Dollar General serves. … Read More
KOSCIUSKO — The Kosciusko County Community Foundation announced Endowment Challenge 50 for ten youth-serving organizations this morning, Friday, May 25. This August will mark the 50th anniversary celebration of the foundation. Endowment Challenge 50 is the first of many ways the foundation will celebrate the milestone through the coming … Read More
KOSCIUSKO — Kosciusko Literacy Services hosted their 16th annual author dinner last night, Thursday, April 19, at Noa Noa Wood Grill & Sushi Bar, Warsaw. The featured speaker was Adrienne Provenzano portraying Mary Shelley, the author of “Frankenstein.” Provenzano is from Indianapolis and works as a STEAM educator, public speaker, musician … Read More
WARSAW — Kosciusko Literacy Services is hosting the sixteenth annual author dinner A Visit with Mary Shelley at Noa Noa Wood Grill and Sushi Bar at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in Warsaw. Adrienne Provenzano will portray Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. While staying in Switzerland during … Read More
WARSAW — Jefferson Elementary third grade students recently wrote persuasive letters to convince new parents to read to their child. Kosciusko Literacy Services donated a board book to accompany each letter. Students hand-delivered their letters and books to the Kosciusko Community Hospital. Students were excited to enrich the … Read More
The Friends of the Syracuse Library are bringing local author Jeanne Dams to Syracuse for a salad lunch at 11:30 a.m. April 24. A limited number of tickets are on sale at the circulation desk. The group is making the final plans to provide the full variety of … Read More
WARSAW — Kosciusko Literacy Services has been awarded a Community Read grant of $1,000 from Indiana Humanities to participate in a statewide read of the classic novel Frankenstein. More than 60 other communities will be reading the book as part of One State / One Story: Frankenstein. Kosciusko … Read More
