First Literacy To Host Spelling Bee To Promote Adult Literacy

On March 20th First Literacy was featured in The Boston Globe. The story features how the First Literacy Spelling Bee helps create life-changing educational opportunities for adults throughout Massachusetts. The article also highlights a change in this year’s event, opening up the competition to members of the community that would like to form a team and participate in the Bee.

March 20, 2022 – As it prepares to host its 32nd annual spelling bee, First Literacy of Boston is inviting the general public to form teams and participate in next month’s hybrid competition. The nonprofit adult education program usually relies on corporate teams to take part in the bee, its largest annual fund-raiser, officials said in a statement last week. Now teams of three players are eligible to compete for a $3,500 entry fee, according to the statement…

Read the full article written by Globe Correspondent Madison Mercado.