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Grandmother Sylvia Bell and mum Danielle Lamb gather some books to read to 3-month old daughter Jennifer at this year’s NAIDOC celebrations in Cherbourg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Kingaroy Sista Girls and traditional dancers Rianna Cronin, Ana Toseni and Mackaelah Broderick share a love of books<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 22, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

An effort to build a reading culture within Cherbourg and its surrounding towns was given a huge boost during NAIDOC week.<\/p>\n

The Aboriginal Literacy Foundation (ALF) provided more than 2000 books to be given out during the Queensland town\u2019s cultural celebratory day on Tuesday, July 8.<\/p>\n

Outgoing Barambah Parental and Community Engagement (PaCE) coordinator Marcus Priaulx provided a stall for people to collect the stories and said they were a huge hit.<\/p>\n

“We had books for all ages and children, parents, nans, pops, educators and day care centres collected them,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I couldn\u2019t have thought of a better way to finish the PaCE programme.”<\/p>\n

This is because the program’s government funding has come to an end.<\/p>\n

Marcus said the program had made a huge difference during the years he had been working in the town.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Its aim was to build an education culture so every parent sent every child to school every day.<\/p>\n

Record graduation results have brought the Year 12 “gap” down to almost zero within the Cherbourg-Murgon district during the past two years.<\/p>\n

And many of the students assisted by PaCE have since gone on to university, apprenticeships, employment and further training.<\/p>\n

“Everybody from struggling mums and dads to Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss got on board to make a difference,” Marcus said.<\/p>\n

“We were building a great partnership with the Aboriginal Literacy Foundation and it\u2019s been amazing with its support.<\/p>\n

“I truly believe something as simple as having parents read to their babies and children for fifteen minutes or more a day is the key to solving a huge amount of social problems that cause family misery and millions of dollars in costs down the track.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marcus said about 300 books remained at the end of Cherbourg’s NAIDOC celebrations and Building Strong Families founder, Nancy Bowie, took them to Brisbane\u2019s NAIDOC festivities at Musgrave Park, which were held on July 10.<\/p>\n

Kobo Readers, which allow people to download books, also remained and these would be given to local schools for class resources or handed to students they believed would benefit most from them.<\/p>\n

Marcus thanked the ALF for the generous donations and the Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council for its tower of support and guidance.<\/p>\n

“From what I\u2019ve been told, Barambah PaCE has provided many people with greater opportunities for their future,” he said.<\/p>\n

“That couldn\u2019t have happened without everybody getting on board the effort to make a difference.”<\/p>\n

[Photos: Marcus Priaulx]<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Murgon\u2019s Gloria Bell and Brisbane founder of Building Strong Families, Nancy Bowie, thought the ALF books were brilliant; Nancy took the few remaining ones back to deliver at Brisbane\u2019s NAIDOC Festivities at Musgrave Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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School Community Education Counsellor Toni Phillips-Petersen and daughter Angelina<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Renata Aubrey encourages Kardel Carlo and granddaughter Kynisha to love books<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Siblings Eric and Victor Collins grab a book about Safe Play<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Family Services worker and mum of three Shenane Law took the opportunity to grab a bag of books<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Shania Stewart grabbed an activities book for nephew Shontayne Cobbo, who is usually a big rugby league fan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Grandmother of 14 and great-grandmother of four Shirley Law with UsMob Radio manager Jeannette Brown; Shirley picked up some books for the children<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Getting their stories at Cherbourg\u2019s NAIDOC Week celebrations were (front) Jacquon, Harriet Clevens and Derek Aubrey and (rear) Rubin Smethurst, Dion Walsh, Tyrell Combo, Pheona Combo and Saffron Sandow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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