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The director
of the Kankakee Valley Adult Reading and Literacy Program is Connie Bland.
Connie
has 16 years experience in adult tutoring and has worked with over 200
tutors and over 400 students through her area. She does information programs
at the Many of the students in Connie's area have been ESL (English Second Language) students who benefit greatly from one-on-one tutoring. There have been students from China, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, India, Taiwan, Puerto Rico, Chile, Africa, Korea and many from Mexico. She expects a high population in this program from Mexico because of referrals from students she has worked with. Connie is the mother of 5 children, grandmother of 14 and great grandmother of 6. Her hobbies include reading, singing, gardening, travel, crocheting and church-related activities. Connie has
attended more than 20 conferences over the years and has held a multitude
of training sessions for tutors, therefore has had on-going education
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Kankakee
County Health Department to recruit students and provide books for at
risk children to take home. Her husband and she do regular book drives
from various libraries for the children's program and they started the
library in Pembroke several years ago. They have also supplied Indian
Oaks Academy with books and tutors, as well as Brandon House at Diversatech
and the Women's Prison on Rt. 102.