Literacy Council
                                                of Fort Bend County

12530 Emily Court, Sugar Land, TX 77478
Tel: 281-240-8181     Fax: 281-240-8242

An Accredited Affiliate of ProLiteracy America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Literacy Council of Fort Bend County
2nd Annual

 

The bees were buzzing at the Literacy Council of Fort Bend County’s Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee.  Thirteen teams of three adults stung, buzzed, spelled-again and were as sweet as honey at our 2nd Annual Spelling Bee.

After many rounds of spelling, the last teams buzzing were the Bee-FF’s from the Fort Bend Junior Service League and Drone Quixote from Rice & Gardner.  It was a grueling back and forth competition between the two teams until the Bee was finally declared a tie.  Six spellers were inducted into our Honey Hall of Fame: Kavita Self, Yolanda Celestine and Tracy Guillory from the Bee-FF’s and Jim Rice, Claire Marshall and Sonal Bhuchar from Drone Quixote.  The winning teams received a bobble head bee trophy and a gift certificate to a local restaurant presented to them by event emcee, Nancy Olson.  All of the participating spellers received a medal for their hard work. 

The Literacy Council’s Great Grown-Up Bee was a fun and playful event.  The audience members almost had as much fun as the Spellers.  “Our goal for this year’s event was to get the community involved to raise money for a great cause and engage in some friendly competition,” said Brenda Bowman, Executive Director, Literacy Council of Fort Bend County.  “We are thrilled that the community is so enthusiastic about this event and already looking forward to next year.”

To learn more about the Literacy Council, or how to become involved with the 3rd Annual Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee, please call 281.240.8181.

 


The Literacy Council of Fort Bend County, an Accredited Affiliate of ProLiteracy America, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.  Our mission is to end inter-generational cycles of illiteracy in Fort Bend County by improving adult literacy skills and generating community-wide literacy awareness.

Make a difference . . . Our support comes from continuing donations from individuals, service groups, foundations and corporations.  A donation of $250 provides a year of support materials for a student and his/her tutor.  $1,000 provides materials for four students for a whole year.

Many people talk about the problem of illiteracy . . .YOU  can actually do something about it!