The Literacy Center of West Michigan will host our 32nd annual Spellebration fundraising dinner on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at the Amway Grand Plaza Ambassador Ballroom (187 Monroe Ave NW) in Grand Rapids from 5:30-9:00pm. Please consider joining us for a lively, mission-forward event with our featured learners, literacy coaches, and honorees. Sponsor or buy tickets today!
We’re pleased to be honoring three awardees this year who are truly leading our community’s efforts to advance literacy:
- Ruth Johnson Colvin, founder of ProLiteracy, a worldwide movement, and visionary advocate for adult literacy, posthumously with the Champion of Literacy Award
- Omar Cuevas, Senior Vice President of Investor & Corporate Relations at the Grand Rapids Chamber, with the Ledy Award for Community Engagement
- Andy Howland, public school bus driver and current literacy coach, with the Volunteer of the Year Award
Questions? Contact us at giving@literacycenterwm.org or call 616-459-5151.
Event Underwriter
Award Sponsors
Literacy Society Sponsors
Richard & Dawn Antonini
Bill and Wanda Guest
Win & Kyle Irwin Fund
Speller's Society Sponsors
Baker Holtz
Comerica Bank
Grand Rapids Public Schools
Grand Valley State University, College of Education and Community Innovation
Haworth Helps
RoMan Manufacturing
Waséyabek Development Company, LLC
Book Club Sponsors
Grand Rapids Community Foundation
West Michigan Asian American Association
West Michigan Works!
Fiction Guild Sponsors
AHC Hospitality
Anonymous
Applied Innovation
Beacon Hill Foundation
COM 616 Public Relations
ESCO Group, Inc.
The Express Employment Professionals Companies
Foremost Graphics Group
Fritz Crabb
Gentex Corporation
Grand Rapids Chamber
Kent County
Lacks Enterprises, Inc.
Bill and Melissa Marsh
Our Family Cares
Chris and Michelle Rabideau
Reagan Marketing + Design
Refugee Education Center
TalentFirst
Union Bank