Our Stories

• 28Nov 2022

  Dear Friends of Literacy,

  Imagine you are at a job interview. At the end of the interview, they hand you the following form. If you don’t complete it, you don’t get the job. Achternaam: _________________________________ Voornaam: ___________________________________ Woonplaats: _________________________________ Geboortedatum: ______________________________ Werk Ervaring: ________________________________ Vaardigheden: ________________________________                        Handtekening: _________________ […]

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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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