Big Island Charity Selection
For the past 18 years, there has been a tradition at Left Coast Crime Conventions to designate charities as recipients of a donation. The monies for this donation are usually from the “silent auction”. The charities selected have been associated with various non-profit literacy organizations. For LCC 2009, we have selected the Kailua Learning Center an organization on the Big Island dedicated to the improvement of literacy in the English language.
The Kona Literacy Council trains volunteer tutors to provide free, one-to-one, small group, and computer assisted literacy services at the Kailua Learning Center to any adult who wants to improve their basic reading, writing, computational skills and computer literacy. Special programs designed to meet the specific needs of the learners are offered, such as: English as a Second Language, preparation for passing the GED or Competency Based High School Diploma, Citizen preparation, keyboarding and computer literacy. All tutoring is at no cost to the student. Brenda Natina is the Kailua Learning Center Program Director and Secretary. She will be our contact with the Kailua Learning Center and has already been very helpful with our efforts for LCC 2009.