Friday, April 6, 2012

Board of Supervisors Names Adult Literacy Day

Allen Ishida, Diamond Bulosan, Sue Gillison
Tulare County Board of Supervisors Chairman Allen Ishida declared today as Adult Literacy Day at its weekly board meeting.

Representing the Tulare County Library Literacy Program were County Librarian Brian Lewis and Program Manager Sue Gillison.  Ms. Gillison introduced to the Board Diamond Bulosan, as an outstanding example of the work program participants can do.  Ms. Bulosan has obtained her GED and has recently been accepted as a student at the College of the Sequoias for the fall semester.

The proclamation noted that the program has “successfully completed and celebrated twelve years of literacy services to the adults in Tulare County.”  It also stated that the County of Tulare is pleased with the success of adult literacy programs within Tulare County and wishes to commend and publicly acknowledge the efforts  of the program administrators, volunteer tutors and learners in their future endeavors.”