The Rosa Rattray Early Literacy Fund (RRELF) was established in 2017 in memory of Rosa Rattray -- a wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who instilled a love of reading and learning in her entire family.
About Rosa
By the age of 11, Rosa had read all of the books in the Junior collection of her local library and was given an adult library card! Upon arriving to Guelph in 1965, she immediately joined Guelph Public Library where she held a card for more than 50 years, checking out 1000’s of items. As she raised her family, she shared this passion with those she loved, establishing building blocks for lifelong learning for generations to come.
What does the fund support?
The RRELF allows us to strengthen our capacity to provide specialized programming and learning tools to nurture a love of literacy and learning for children during their most formative years.
Donations to the fund support early literacy initiatives at our library, providing materials, equipment, and resources to encourage young minds in our community to flourish – ensuring all children can enjoy opportunities that will lead to future learning success.
Thanks to generous supporters of this fund, we’ve been able to:
- purchase six additional Early Literacy Stations across our system
- provide a collection of new Playaway Launch pads
- support tens of thousands of learning hours each year for children and young minds in the community
- reduce impacts of digital and economic divides, ensuring all families and children have access to critical early literacy tools and technologies
- promote the formation of early literacy and language skills crucial to cognitive, social, communicative, and brain development of children and young minds across our community
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