READATHON 2023
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Open Doors English Julie Rudd Coulombe Language Program
Fundraiser since Apr 2023
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Students from Open Doors English: The Julie Rudd Coulombe Language Program will be reading and telling stories in their first languages and English.
Paris Duong, from Vietnam, reading Mary Oliver's 'Percy Wakes Me (Fourteen)'
Andres Calle, from Colombia, reading Sylvia Plath's 'Mad Girl's Love Song'
Ariel Huserman, from Chile, reading an excerpt from Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaiden's Tale'
Rumki Chowdhury, from India, reading an except from George Saunder's 'Lincoln in the Bardo'
Sunmi Lee, from S. Korea, reading 'Poor Little Heart' by Emily Dickinson
Marlis Linsbauer, from Austria, reading James Wright's 'Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota
And Miao-Shian Hsieh will be reading in-person at the Library from 4:30-5:00pm!
Open Doors English empowers adult English language learners in Ithaca and Tompkins County to live fuller lives through affordable, comprehensive English Language (ESL) classes.
If you would like to contribute to this read, you can make a donation now. Thank you for supporting our library and helping our community to keep growing and learning.
Sponsored by Visions Federal Credit Union
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The READATHON is our annual read-out-loud challenge to raise funds for the collection at TCPL!
In this, our 11th year, reader-fundraisers will read from their favorite books and ask their friends, family, and colleagues to join them in supporting the public library. Your donation, in any amount, is very welcome.
Every dollar raised helps to buy books and other materials our community so desperately needs. Nearly a million items are used each year—a remarkably high level for a community of our size—and 100% of the funding comes from private support, like that raised by our READATHON participants.
Money raised by the Readathon goes toward purchasing books, films, e-books, audiobooks, and other materials that our patrons depend on to remain informed, entertained, and educated.
