Month: January 2016

Girl Scout Cookie Sales Raise Funds For Trips
Jan 31

Girl Scout Cookie Sales Raise Funds For Trips

It is Girl Scout Cookie sale time again, a time many people look forward to all year. Customers purchase cookies to eat, and Girl Scout troops raise money for trips and other activities. “Last year our troop took a trip to Marengo Cave in Marengo, Indiana,” says Mary Conner, the leader for Cadet Troop 47609…

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Reading Promotes Literacy and Health
Jan 10

Reading Promotes Literacy and Health

The Statistic Brain Research Institute states that 14% of adults in the United States have a reading level below the basics. This translates to 32,000,000 people who are considered unable to read. Twenty-nine percent have only a basic level of reading. The World Literacy Foundation’s August 24, 2015 report, The Economic & Social Cost of…

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