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Established in 1994, Project F.L.I.G.H.T. at Buffalo State College has become an important part of the literacy community by providing intergenerational families with opportunities for individual and family growth, parenting, socialization, education and job skills training.

MISSION

Project FLIGHT is a not-for-profit organization devoted to promoting literacy in children and caregivers, through school and family literacy initiatives. It works collaboratively with practitioners, schools, community organizations and businesses locally, statewide, nationally, and internationally to achieve its objectives.

VISION

Every child will have a book and be able to read it at grade level.
Each of these children will live in a literate environment with their family.
Families will live in a literate and enriched environment.
Literacy will be an entrée out of poverty.

We accomplish our mission:

For Children and Families by:

Placing books in the hands of children.
Establishing programs to support a home literate environment.
Promoting interactive reading within families.

For Practitioners by:

Pioneering and developing educational literacy programs.
Partnering with schools and community organizations.
Establishing and supporting libraries in schools & community organizations.
Employing a systematic framework for advocacy, communication, networking on literacy issues locally, statewide, nationally and internationally.
Providing educational resources & consulting services to schools and their providers.
Providing a Book Bank.
Maintaining the Western New York Family Literacy Consortium.
Providing programs and resources for at-risk children.

Literacy Defined

Functional literacy is developed when individuals have acquired the knowledge and skills in reading and writing which enable them to engage in all those activities in which literacy is normally assumed in one's culture or group.(UNESCO)
Literacy is defined as an individual's ability to read, write, speak and compute and solve problems at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the job and in society, to achieve one's goals, and develop one's knowledge and potential.
(The National Literacy Act of 1991)
These definitions define literacy broadly including social, cultural, and moral development.

13th Annual Western New York
Women's Hall of Fame Inductee Luncheon
March 2009

(information coming soon...)

Thank You to our Diamond Sponsor!

Western New York Women's Hall of Fame
(inductees listed by year)

1997 (540kb)	1998 (389kb)	1999 (363kb)	2000 (206kb)
2001 (506kb)	2002 (410kb)	2003 (371kb)	2004 (238kb)
2005 (241kb)	2006 (403kb)	2007 (193kb)	2008 (172kb)
1997-2008 List of Inductees (no photos/bios) (58kb)

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Project FLIGHT provides services that complement and integrate the
direct services and initiatives provided by area community
organizations, educational institutions and policy makers.

Explore the Western New York Women's Hall of Fame to view the achievements and biographies of inductees past and present. Our Women's History section contains important contact information for numerous women's organizations and support groups located in Western New York.