September Literacy Month

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September is Literacy Month in British Columbia!

Each September, Decoda leads a province-wide awareness and fundraising campaign to celebrate Literacy Month.

The campaign highlights the importance of literacy and raises funds to support community-based literacy programs and initiatives across BC.

This year’s theme was “Literacy: The Ripple Effect”

Improved literacy skills have a ripple effect, helping to improve quality of life at home, at work and in the community.

You can be a part of Literacy Month by:

donate a book
join community activities
register for the team trivia challenge
buy Socks for literacy!
enter the #GiveABookBC contest
ask your town to proclaim Literacy Month
request purple lights on September 8
download the activity calendar

Learn more about literacy in BC

Literacy Matters Fact Sheet

Literacy Impact Stories

The Team Trivia Challenge winners are…

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Congratulations to team Defending Champions, winners of the 2025 Decoda Literacy Team Trivia Challenge Cup for a second year in a row! The team raised $3,050 for literacy. Thank you and congratulations to team The Quizzbians, this year’s top fundraising team who raised $4,000 plus a $2,000 match from Megan Sutherland of BMO Nesbitt-Burns.

Thank you to Blue Sky Clothing who presented a cheque for $17,305 from their Socks for Literacy sales. A big thanks to Dan Burritt from CBC Vancouver and Nathan Hume for hosting. Thanks also to Nice Guys Trivia and the staff at Donnellan’s Irish Pub for their great work and service.

Thank you for playing the Team Trivia Challenge with us!

Give a Book. Give Literacy. contest draw winners

The four individual draw winners for a $50 Indigo gift certificate:

Sandra Herd
Johane Meehan
Sandra MacFarlane
Mahnaz Salahi

To celebrate September as Literacy Month, Decoda is launching the Give a Book. Give Literacy. campaign.

Throughout the month of September, people across B.C. are encouraged to donate books to literacy organizations, literacy-adjacent programs, and other nonprofits in their communities.

Donate a book to a literacy group, neighbourhood house, or shelter (see list on the Give Books page).
Make a gift to support community literacy programs.
Post a note or photo to social media of your donation and share it using #GiveABookBC and tag @DecodaLiteracy to inspire others.

Visit the website for more information.

Thank you for playing the Team Trivia Challenge with us this year! Check back for details on next year’s event.

Buy merino wool socks online from our partner Blue Sky Clothing or at one of its nine BC stores.

$1 from every pair goes to support local literacy programs!

Our “Socks for literacy!” campaign helps make sure children and families, youth, adults and seniors have the literacy skills they need at home, at work and in the community.

Thank you to Blue Sky Clothing for supporting literacy in BC!

Read the story of Blue Sky Clothing Co owner Marilyn Cobban’s journey to success and why she supports literacy.