WRC...Since 1972
Serving Washtenaw County, Livingston County and Jackson County and the surrouding area - in affiliation with the Michigan Reading Association (MRA) and the International Reading Association (IRA). Membership is open to all.
MISSION STATEMENT:
The Washtenaw Reading Council is a local council of the MRA/IRA whose responsibility is to promote literacy development and learning in Washtenaw County and the surrounding areas.
PRESIDENT: Kimberly Fox
..............................VICE PRESIDENT: Fe MacLean
PRESIDENT ELECT: Jacqueline LaRose
.............SECRETARY: Rob Voss
TREASURER: Mary Streeter
..............................MEMBERSHIP CHAIR: Brandi Clark
Honor Council Committee: Kathy Operhall
.........Legislative/Press Secretary: Lisa Hendricks
...........................100 Book Library Chairperson: Barbara Jaszcz
Our sincere thanks to the students of Fortis Academy in Ypsilanti for their collection and donation of 800 books
to WRC's Mission Possible 100-Book Libraries Project! Click on Events and scroll to the May 9 (2008) entry for details.
The WRC also wishes to express its gratitude to Audrey Mitnick and Rich Robinson of Sleeping Bear Press for
generously contributing 240 new books to our Mission Possible project.
This is a great way to kick off our 2008/2009 school year calendar!
Our thanks also goes to Gloria Butler Miller, Vice President, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
for the donation of five boxes of new books to Mission Possible!
And let us not forget our other major contirubors from the previous school year:
Scholastic, and Branes and Noble. Click on Events for details.