Region 5 North Central Region
Regional Directors:  Tamara Springer & Susanne Picchi

Two Rivers Officers

Jan Serena, President
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David Springer, Vice President

Bev Thompson, Secretary

Tamara Springer, Treasurer

Joan Reed, Membership

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Upcoming Events

March 13, 2010: Two Rivers Reading Council will hold a board meeting at 2:00 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 1577 North State Route 50, Water Town Plaza, Bourbonnais, Illinois.  For more information, please contact Jan Serena. 

March 18-20, 2010: IRC Conference, Lighting the Way to Literacy, in Springfield, Illinois. Please take a moment to peruse the Conference Preliminary Program highlighting the highly respected leaders in the field of reading who will brighten your way in teaching the children who will be our future leaders.  Early registration is available until February 1, 2010.  Conference housing closes on February 24, 2010. 

March 27, 2010: Two Rivers Reading Council will host the "In With the New" at 2:00 p.m. at the Barnes & Noble, 1577 North State Route 50, Water Town Plaza, Bourbonnais, Illinois. 

April 24, 2010: Two Rivers Reading Council will participate in the District (K3) Literacy Celebration from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Northfield Square Mall, 1600 N. State Route 50, Bourbonnais, Illinois. 

April 25-28, 2010: International Reading Association will host the 55th Annual Convention Reading in Many Languages in Chicago, Illinois.  To find out more about this exciting convention, check out the Annual Convention section at www.reading.org.

Message from the Two Rivers Reading Council President: 

February 2010

It is hard to believe that the school year is more than half over.  March will be here and gone with all that there is to do between ISAT, Illinois Reading Conference, and spring break.  As many of you know the economy has put a strain on the majority of the population.  The state is behind in payments to the schools and this causes most teachers to reach deeper into their pockets for the students.  I would like to take this opportunity to invite everyone to give just a few hours of time to the Two Rivers Reading Council.  The time you spend benefits others and does not add to the financial burden.  If everyone would volunteer to assist with just one event a year the council would be up and running where it needs to be.  As a volunteer you could pick the time of year and/or activity that would be the most convenient for you.  The council has partnered with Barnes and Noble for meetings and activities.  They have been very supportive and offered ideas and promotion of the reading council.  We are desperate for new ideas and faces so please give a few hours of your time to make Two Rivers Reading Council the best it has ever been.

Here is to the rest of the year,

Jan Serena
President Two Rivers Council