September Literacy Month

Team RBC and Executive Director Sandra Lee at the team trivia night for Literacy Month

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 connects us!”

At home, at work and in the community … literacy connects us!

Literacy Month in September 2022 raised over $47,000 to support literacy programs in BC. Thank you to our supporters.

Virtual Team Trivia Challenge winners are…

Team trivia winning teams — Team RBC (left) and team The Anna Delveys (right).

Congratulations to Team RBC, winners of the 2022 Decoda Literacy Team Trivia Challenge Cup. Thank you and congratulations to team The Anna Delveys, this year’s top fundraising team who raised $3,700!

Thank you for playing the Team Trivia Challenge with us!

Thank you to all literacy supporters for helping us meet our Matching Gift Challenge. All donations from the trivia event were matched $1 by $1 up to $10,000 thanks to First West Credit and its four locally known and trusted divisions: Envision Financial, Valley First, Island Savings and Enderby & District Financial.

Together, we raised $23,000!

#Connect4Lit22 word cloud contest draw winners

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

Ethan Voisey
Gilbert Beaudoin
Xiahong Xiao
Amy Le-Leung

The class draw winner of a $200 gift card is:

Hornby Island Community School grades 2-4

Learn more about literacy in BC:

Literacy Matters Fact Sheet

Literacy Month 2022 Press Release

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.