‘Heap the Honda’ book drive kicks off in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS — Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, create, communicate, compute and use printed and written materials to help interpret the world around us. Shockingly, more than 40 per cent of Canadians have low literacy skills, meaning they face a significant disadvantage when it comes to understanding the information presented to them in their daily lives. Here in Kamloops, there are several organizations working to help promote literacy skills in children, including Literacy in Kamloops and Kamloops Early Language and Literacy Initiative.
If you’re an avid reader as an adult, it’s likely you spent a lot of time as a kid sitting with a family member, or friend, and sharing a good story.
Saturday was the official kickoff of the eighth annual ‘Heap the Honda’ campaign; a children’s book drive organized by Literacy in Kamloops, and the Kamloops Early Language and Literacy Initiative.