METRO MINUTES

Metro literacy program receives $15,000 grant

Metro's Family Literacy Program received a pre-holiday boost last week in the form of a $15,000 grant from the Post-News Charities, a fund of the McCormick Tribune Foundation.

"We started the Family Literacy Program in the spring of 1994 with a mini-grant from the Denver Housing Authority," said Adriann Wycoff, director of the program, adding that it has grown in the intervening years.

Through the Family Literacy Program, Metro faculty and students provide Spanish-language GED classes, English as a Second Language classes and family literacy classes for parents with children ages 5 and under, to low-income neighborhoods.

Jordan to host reception

President Stephen Jordan and his wife, Ruthie, will be hosting the President's Holiday Reception from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Dec. 13, in the Tivoli Turnhalle. Watch your e-mail for your invitation.

Auraria offers ways to give

The Auraria Shares fundraiser to collect gifts and food for Denver's disadvantaged children kicks off at 10 a.m. Dec. 1, in the Tivoli Student Union Atrium on the first floor.

In lieu of ornaments, the Auraria Library Mitten Tree is adorned with donated mittens and gloves that are given to a needy school.

The Colorado State Employee Assistance Program (C-SEAP) administers an emergency assistance fund and food bank to provide short-term assistance to state employees and their families.