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Read Saskatoon LIT UP!

LIT UP! is a fun, casual evening that spotlights literacy through great volunteer recognition, great company, tasty eats, sweet treats, and exciting ticket, silent, and live auction items!

Date: Thursday, March 15th, 2018
Time: 6:00 pm cocktails, 7:15 pm program
Location: Sheraton Cavalier Hotel
Tickets: $75/person, $600/table, $800/VIP. A charitable receipt is available for ticket purchases.

LIT UP! sells out early every year! Visit READSaskatoon.com or call 306.652.5448 to get your tickets today!

Telling Stories & Storytelling

Today, strong literacy skills are more important than ever! To ensure our programs are available at no-cost to those that need them most, we are pleased to announce READ Saskatoon is the recipient of funds raised by a very exciting upcoming event.

Join four Saskatchewan authors for a rousing evening of telling stories and storytelling. Harold Johnson, Candace Savage, Guy Vanderhaeghe, and Bill Waiser will read from their work, along with several READ Saskatoon clients who have their own stories to tell. Shelagh Rogers, the CBC’s The Next Chapter host, will oversee this celebration of literacy and the power of the written word.

EVENT DETAILS
Date: Thursday, May 4, 2017

Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Broadway Theatre, 715 Broadway Avenue
More information by clicking here
Buy tickets by clicking here

Special Guest Host: Shelagh Rogers of CBC’s The Next Chapter
Musician: Eekwol

LIT UP!

LIT UP! Spotlighting Literacy
Date: Thursday, March 9th, 2017
Time: 6:00 pm cocktails, 7:15 pm program
Location: Sheraton Cavalier Hotel
Tickets: $75/person, $600/table, $800/VIP. A charitable receipt is available for ticket purchases.

LIT UP! is a fun, causal evening that spotlights literacy through great volunteer recognition, great company, tasty eats, sweet treats, and exciting ticket, silent, and live auction items!

LIT UP! sells out early every year! Visit READSaskatoon.com or call 306.652.5448 to get your tickets today!

Read Saskatoon Golf Tournament

Our 2016 PGI Golf Tournament for Literacy is just around the corner! We hope you can join us.

Held at the Saskatoon Golf and Country Club, a full slate of golfers from all around our community play a Texas Scramble, and enjoy our Awards Dinner where we recognize our famous (and infamous!) golfers and people who bring literacy to life.

Price: $200 per golfer ($800 per team)

· It’s our 10th PGI!
· Monday, August 29, 2016
· Saskatoon Golf and Country Club – 865 Cartwright Street West, Saskatoon, SK
· 9:00 registration, light breakfast & networking
· 10:00 tee time
· 4:15 banquet and awards
· Early bird deadline Wednesday June 15 noon. Enter a team to win our infamous PGI VIP experience: decked out theme golf carts, specialty lunch, extra snacks and beverages.
· we welcome Lindsay Knight, aka Eekwol, as our 2016 Poet Laureate
· Register to golf by clicking here
· Sponsorship opportunities still available
· Stay tuned for our 2016 theme announcement. Easiest way to do this is make sure you are receiving our enews updates
· All money raised ensures free adult family and financial literacy programming throughout our community

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Lit Up! A Night of Laughs … Spotlighting Literacy

Lit Up! A Night of Laughs, Food and Original Auction Experiences Spotlighting Literacy

LIT UP! is a fun, business causal evening that spotlights literacy with great volunteer recognition. Join us for good company, tasty eats, sweet treats, and the chance to bid on silent and live auction items. Our live auction packages are coming together with greater details to follow in the upcoming weeks, however, here are a few teasers:

Cameco Concert package
VWAG Riders Package
Weekend at Elkridge
Kelowna Adventure
Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan VIP experience
House concert with the Whisky Jerks
Global Saskatoon package

Purchase tickets or a table: $65 each, $520 for a table of 8 or $700 for a VIP table and includes a charitable tax receipt. Tickets can be purchased by clicking here. If you purchase a table before January 31, you are eligible to win a VIP experience upgrade.

Date: Thursday, March 10, 2016
Time: 6:00 p.m. cocktails, 7:00 p.m. program and auction
Location: Sheraton Cavalier Saskaton Hotel (612 Spadina Crescent East)
Tickets: $65/person, $520/table, $700/VIP table. A charitable receipt is available for ticket purchases. Usual online payment methods available. Cheques can be mailed to or dropped off at the following address:

READ Saskatoon
#304-1114 22nd Street West
Saskatoon, SK
S7M 0S5

Please make all cheques payable to READ Saskatoon.

Thank you so much for your consideration. Your support means the world to Saskatoon adults and families as they work towards their personal, educational, financial, and employment goals.

Romp ‘n’ Read at the Children’s Discovery Museum

In collaboration with READ Saskatoon, the Children’s Discovery Museum is excited to be presenting a morning literacy program for families:

Romp ‘n’ READ
Preschoolers and their parents or caregivers will participate in a variety of interactive literacy activity stations. The activity stations include finger plays, storytelling, games, crafts, social and literacy skills.

When: Wednesdays
8 weeks – January 20 to March 16, 2016
(No program Feb 17, 2016)
Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location: Children’s Discovery Museum – Market Mall

This program is free of charge but registration is required as spots are limited. We encourage one adult for every 2 kids. Childcare will be provided during adult sessions.

Ask us about our public transit assistance if getting to and from the museum at these times is challenging. We are happy to help.

Please contact the CDM at (306) 683-2555 or discovery@museumforkids.sk.ca to register.

We gratefully acknowledge the City of Saskatoon for their support and funding for this project.