News & Events at TCALL

September 2005

Hastings Entertainment donates literacy funds
to Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning (TCALL)

Presenting the check to Dr. Dominique Chlup, Director of TCALL (center) are Dena Owens, Operations Manager of the Hastings Entertainment Store in Bryan (left), and Barry Bedford, Manager of the Hastings Entertainment Store in College Station (right).

TCALL staff are all smiles when receiving a check from Hastings Entertainment Store.

TCALL Staff Members (Left to Right): Stella Earhart, Peggy Sue Durbin, Melaney Moore-Dodson, Dr. Dominique Chlup, Susan Morris, Lea Ann Schroeder, Deyanira Ely, and Ken Appelt.

Press Release from the Texas A&M University,
College of Education & Human Development News & Events

TCALL Receives Hastings Literacy Donation For Hurricane Victims

Oct. 4, 2005 - The Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning (TCALL) received the Hastings Entertainment Literacy Donation as a combined effort from both the College Station and Bryan stores. Dominique Chlup, director of TCALL, was present to receive the check from store managers Dena Owens and Barry Bedford. “This is the first time we have received the literacy donation from Hastings and are quite excited to have been chosen as the new designated center in this community,” Chlup said. The literacy donation is given to one center in each community in which a Hastings is present. Hastings stores place jars near the checkout counter that are earmarked for literacy donations and Hastings determines the one center in that community that will receive the contribution indefinitely. “We were deciding how best to use this money in both the community and in the state when we came up with a wonderful initiative,” Chlup said. “We want to help the literacy providers most recently affected by Hurricane Rita rebuild their centers, and aid those centers providing services to the Hurricane Katrina evacuees now living in Texas.” TCALL plans to buy books, program materials and other learning resources for the various adult literacy and family literacy centers affected from the hurricanes.

Smith, J. (2005). TCALL Receives Hastings Literacy Donation For Hurricane Victims, Retrieved October 5, 2005,from Texas A&M University, College of Education & Human Development News & Events website.

Press Release from Texas A&M University, News & Information

TCALL Receives Hastings Literacy Donation For Hurricane Victims
Tuesday, October 04, 2005

The Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning (TCALL) received the Hastings Entertainment Literacy Donation as a combined effort from both the College Station and Bryan stores. Dominique Chlup, director of TCALL, was present to receive the check from store managers Dena Owens and Barry Bedford. "This is the first time we have received the literacy donation from Hastings and are quite excited to have been chosen as the new designated center in this community," Chlup said. The literacy donation is given to one center in each community in which a Hastings is present. Hastings stores place jars near the checkout counter that are earmarked for literacy donations and Hastings determines the one center in that community that will receive the contribution indefinitely. "We were deciding how best to use this money in both the community and in the state when we came up with a wonderful initiative," Chlup said. "We want to help the literacy providers most recently affected by Hurricane Rita rebuild their centers, and aid those centers providing services to the Hurricane Katrina evacuees now living in Texas." TCALL plans to buy books, program materials and other learning resources for the various adult literacy and family literacy centers affected from the hurricanes.

(for more details see the Texas A&M University, News & Information official site)
Smith, J. (2005). TCALL Receives Hastings Literacy Donation For Hurricane Victims, Retrieved October 5, 2005, from Texas A&M University News & Information website http://our-news.tamu.edu/newsmanager/templates/?a=1092&z=15