Recap of Local Community Fundraising Event for Non-English Students and their English Volunteers

Recap of the Volunteer English Program's 31st Annual Event, Building the Chester County Community Celebratory Fundraising Dinner and Musical Revue

What:

A celebration to support the Volunteer English Program’s efforts to teach English to those living or working in Chester County.

Master of Ceremonies: WHYY’s Delaware First Anchor, Shirley Min

Music & Entertainment: The Dramateurs at the Barn Playhouse

Program: Honoring long time tutor Connie Patridge (Betsy Hawkes Award), Fulton Bank – Brandywine Division (Community Partner Award), Silvia Ramirez-Cubos (Student Speaker)

Where:

The Desmond Hotel - Great Valley

One Liberty Blvd Malvern, PA 19355

Who:

For thirty-one years, the Volunteer English Program (VEP) has strengthened Chester County communities with FREE one-on-one English instruction. Thanks to VEP’s dedicated work, thousands of hard-working adult immigrants and refugees, who have received English instruction and cultural guidance, are succeeding in the work place, at home, and in our communities.

Learn More: www.VolunteerEnglish.org and watch for updates at twitter.com/VolunteerEng.

Picture: Executive Director of Volunteer English Program, Terri Potrako, with Mike Reese, Senior VP of Fulton Bank and Community Partner Award Winner