On Saturday, April 1st, The Hudson Literacy Fund celebrated its tenth year with an event at Hudson Hall honoring Lisa Dolan and Maria Suttmeier, two of their tireless founders. Every year, The Hudson Literacy Fund raises money for book “good-for coupons”, enabling local students to purchase books signed by their favorite author at the Hudson […]
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The Hudson City School District put forward Christine Jones to the Capital Area School Development Association (CASDA) in consideration for one of their 2022 Friends of Education Awards. On April 13, 2022, Principal Mark Brenneman, Superintendent for Innovation April Prestipino, and Jennifer Clark, along with The Hudson Literacy Fund board members Lisa Dolan, Matt Parker,
The Hudson Literacy Fund held its virtual annual fundraiser, “Turning the Page, Our Next Chapter,” on Thursday, June 10th. Co-hosts Jenna Bush Hager and Al Roker led authors, teachers, and Hudson City School District students through the program with personal stories about reading, writing and books. The Hudson Literacy Fund’s mission is to bolster HCSD
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The Hudson Literacy Fund in collaboration with The Friends of Hudson Youth embarked on a project to populate Hudson, and the five towns that make up the Hudson City School District, with Little Free Libraries. LFLs are free-standing tiny buildings that house two shelves of books – one for children’s books and one for adults’
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Each year, starting in January – before the May Hudson Children’s Book Festival, The Hudson Literacy Fund works with teachers and librarians engaging elementary and middle school students to read and review books of authors coming to the festival. Students critique the work with one to five thumbs up on review cards which are tallied
