Our Stories
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24Oct 2022
Kinsmen Community Builder Award Winner
My Networking Group (MNG) is a group of small and medium-sized business owners and professionals who provide business connections through reputation and trust to help grow each other’s businesses. Our primary goals are to provide excellent customer service and to use and promote all members’ services and products. On behalf of MNG, we would like […]
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08Sep 2022
And So On … by Peace Akintade
Do you remember the fables of your youth? The quickness of breath as the tale rages on? The exhilaration, thumping beat, As your mother strangled the follicle of your imagination? Leaving you breathless, longing, hopeful? My mother wrote in whispers, as if Afraid of the words she wrote. In secret, she would craft worlds of […]
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30Aug 2022
Reflections from Safa Bouaddi, Winner of the 2022 Saskatoon Lions Club Learner Achievement Award
Good afternoon, everyone! My name is Safa Bouaddi. I want to thank you for selecting me to receive the learner achievement award. Thanks also for all the help your foundation has provided me with throughout the past three years. I immigrated to Canada in 2016 right after I finished high school in my home country […]
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29Jun 2022
From Perseverance to Building Up
READ Saskatoon’s running theme in 2020 was perseverance and it was fitting for the program participants, volunteers, supporters, and staff in their ability to continue achieving success during the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic. READ Saskatoon maintained the constant progression forward, setting an example of stability and constant service delivery with their theme being ‘building […]
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06Jun 2022
Kristine Flynn’s Reflections on Volunteering
Thank you. It is a very humbling honour to be on stage accepting an award. I love volunteering for READ Saskatoon and have volunteered for many of their programs. But by far the most meaningful volunteer experience has been as an adult literacy coach. I’ve been paired with the same learner off and on since […]
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02May 2022
Supporting Your Child’s Reading Journey
Even when your child starts school, you are their first and most important teacher. Reading out of necessity and reading for enjoyment are two very different things. At READ Saskatoon we want to spark a love of reading for children by growing their learning strategies and reading skills. We believe parents play a vital role […]
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