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T H E L E A R N I N G E X C H A N G E / T L E
In April we held the An-nual Planning Retreat atthe Willows Inn in Hud-son where the board ofdirectors, staff, andevery committee wasrepresented and met todiscuss plans for and upto the year 2011. Weare now prepared andready for ACTION.Join in and ‘Be Prepared’to enjoy.
TLE Planning Retreat
M. Arsenault
Two of our TLE mem-bers were on the“Students Speaking Upand Speaking Out Pro- ject”. Congratulations toMichelle Telesford and‘J’ Cucuzzella and every-one who helped and par-ticipated. All the Learn-ers did their best andare now ready to go outand Speak about Liter-acy!
Our goal is awareness.You’re never too old to learn. Knowledge is the power for succeed- ing...to follow your dreams. ~ J Cucuzzella 
Students Speaking Upand Speaking Out!
M. Arsenault
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SPRING/SUMMER EDITION
ISSUE 42
President’s Message
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From the ED Desk
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Karen’s Office News
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 Astronaut Roberta Bondar 
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Roberta Bondar’s Speech
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New Volunteers Wanted
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Calling all Books!
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We Want Your Opinion!
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Dates to Remember 
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Family Literacy News
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L to R: Karen Mockler, Jacklyn Freedman-Spector and Valerie Sauriol
TLE studentsare GREAT!Come and oin
 
Members,friends, asso-ciates, new andrenewed ac-quaintances, Iam honoured tohave been apart of so many people’s lives.This year I have welcomed theopportunity to hear many peoplespeak about themselves in public.After hearing all of these peopletell me their life story, they havebecome part of my life and in do-ing so have grown to become myfriends. Now, I’ve added all of youinto my friendship bank and theinterest is paying me back muchmore than any financial institutionever could.Thank you all for being yourselfand sharing with me.~ Mona Arsenaultcome all staff, teachers, stu-dents, volunteers, tutors, familyand friends to help make thisevent special!
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOUPLAN ON ATTENDING NOLATER THAN JUNE 18
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Thanks!Karen aka “Cat in the Hat”Please remember to hand in yourvolunteer/tutoring hours. Withsummer just around the corner itwould be good to know if you planon tutoring during the summerand if yes, where?We now have a date for our endof the year Celebration Event!Tuesday, June 23
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starting at11:50 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. We wel-
Message from the PresidentKaren’s Office News
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NEWS & VIEWS
It’s been an-other fabulous year, thanks toall of our volun-teers, students,staff, commu-nity partners and donors!I’d like to send a
HUGE
thank you to all of the staff and ad-
From theExecutive Director’s Desk
TLE Board of Directors2008/2009
President: Mona ArsenaultSecretary: Christiane DabbaghTreasurer: Valerie SauriolDirector: Susan JakabDirector: Lazar Jevremovic
THENEWLEARNING LINKSWEBSITE
The new and improved Learn-ing Links is now online! Go toour website atwww.TLEliteracy.comand clickon the Learning Links icon.
 
TLE’s CELEBRATION 2009Tuesday June 23rd 11:50 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Pizza lunch Everyone is welcome!
ministrators of the SirWilfrid Laurier’s CDC-VimontCentre for their support and
assistance for TLE and its mem-bers throughout the year.
Thank you!
I wish you all a safe and happysummer – see you in the fall!
 
SPRING/SUMMER EDITION
Armen,Kosal andI went toa lectureat LoyolaHighSchoolwhereDr.RobertaBondarcame to Montreal in March2009 to receive a Loyola Medal;honouring distinguished Canadi-ans. Her medal of honour was
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Astronaut Roberta Bondar
M. Arsenault
the world populations and seeingwhat is happening today.One thing I truly loved in hear-ing Roberta’s wonderful discus-sion, was just simply how she men-tioned her life and the time whenshe was a young girl. How she be-came a true inspirational CanadianAstronaut.Anyhow, that'smy newslettercomment about"Roberta Bondar"and I hope youlike it!Take care,Kosal C.StudentHi members of TLEThe speech that Roberta Bondarhad discussed in March was fasci-nating; she described the beautyof so much about Earth. Manyenvironmental global warming is-sues surround us, like differentkinds of trees and flowers. Shetalked to us by pointing at a mapand showing how the climate haschanged, also towards looking at
Roberta Bondar’s Speech
Kosal
for discovery. I had the opportu-nity in March to listen andbriefly meet Roberta Bondar,Canada’s first woman astronaut.She spoke about doing what youwant and said ‘How far do youwant to go?’ I reply Space is nottoo far, ask Roberta-HonoraryGirl Guide of the 100
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 year inCanada! I wouldn’t mind seeingthose “Notulescant Clouds ei-ther, Roberta!” Other interest-ing facts from her lecture: Shetalked about the majesty ofspace! In space the stars don’t
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Volunteer today to changesomeone’s life tomorrow!
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We are looking for general volunteers for TLE and volunteer tutors to work one-on-one or in small groups with adult learners.
The Learning Exchange
twinkle! During her space career shewent around the world 129 times. Shenow gives inspirational lecture work-shops. Roberta says, “I’m here be-cause I’ve had mountains to climb.”Like many people with obstacles intheir life or difficulties, they havemountains to climb and that is whatmakes them succeed. She loves booksand felt she learned so much fromthem. She has spent her whole life inLife-Long Learning. She has writtenseveral books: Passionate Vision; Can-ada Landscape of Dreams; The AridEdge of Earth.
“IdwellinPossibility”
EmilyDickinson
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