AEL students at Webster Learning Center
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One person will be recognized for their contribution to literacy in northwest Missouri with Friday’s presentation of the annual Senator Roy Blunt Volunteer Citation Award.
Sen. Blunt will present the award during an event scheduled to take place Friday at 3:30 p.m. in Missouri Western State University’s Fulkerson Student Union, Hoff Rooms 218-219.
The event is open to the public, and those interested in attending are asked to RSVP at 816-671-4020.
The 25th annual award is hosted by St. Joseph Adult Education & Literacy and Western.
Trish Heath with AEL said this year there were seven nominations for the award in northwest Missouri.
She said nominators were asked to describe nominee’s literacy reading efforts during the year, their position and hours contributed, length of service and duties they preformed and how the nominees affected the agency or clients at large.
In a news release from the St. Joseph School District it said the Citation award was created in St. Joseph in 1991 to honor Senator Blunt’s commitment to literacy, by acknowledging an outstanding individual or group for their efforts to improve literacy in our region. Blunt has recognized volunteers as they help students, grade school through adult, in the St. Joseph area with their reading skills. This year he will again announce the recipient of this citation and recognize the nominees.