Today, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded more than $32,000 in youth literacy grants to Iowa schools and nonprofit organizations. The youth literacy grants will provide financial funding to teachers, libraries and literacy organizations to support a successful academic year throughout the 44 states that Dollar General serves. Iowa recipients are listed below and a comprehensive list of grant recipients may be found online at www.dgliteracy.org.
|
Organization Name |
City |
County |
Grant Amount |
|
West Delaware County School |
Manchester |
Delaware |
$3,975.00 |
|
Camp Foster Young Men's Christian Association, Inc. |
Spirit Lake |
Dickinson |
$3,000.00 |
|
Dubuque Community School District Foundation |
Dubuque |
Dubuque |
$3,500.00 |
|
Hoover Elementary School |
Dubuque |
Dubuque |
$3,500.00 |
|
Prairie City Elementary School |
Prairie City |
Jasper |
$4,000.00 |
|
Central Lee Schools |
Donnellson |
Lee |
$1,319.00 |
|
Novak Elementary School |
Marion |
Linn |
$4,000.00 |
|
Warren G. Harding Middle School |
Des Moines |
Polk |
$2,390.00 |
|
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Mississippi Valley |
Davenport |
Scott |
$3,000.00 |
|
Ames Public Library Friends Foundation |
Ames |
Story |
$4,000.00 |
“The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is proud to be an ardent supporter of schools, libraries and nonprofit literacy organizations,” said Todd Vasos, Dollar General’s chief executive officer. “Dollar General’s mission isServing Others, and this commitment comes to life through Dollar General Literacy Foundation grants that will impact thousands of students across the country. Since its inception 25 years ago, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has partnered with thousands of organizations focused on advancing the goals of literacy and education.”
Statewide grants are part of more than $3.4 million that the Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded this morning. To date, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded more than $159 million in grants to schools, libraries and literacy organizations as part of its commitment to increase literacy skills for individuals of all ages.
Dollar General’s co-founder, J.L. Turner, was functionally illiterate and never completed a formal education. In 1993, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation was established in his honor and has since helped more than 10 million individuals take their first steps toward literacy or continued education.
Each year, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation awards funds to organizations located within a 20-mile radius of a Dollar General store or distribution center. Grant applications for 2019 youth, summer, family and adult literacy programs will be available on January 2, 2019.
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About the Dollar General Literacy Foundation
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is proud to support initiatives that help others improve their lives through literacy and education. Since 1993, the Foundation has awarded more than $159 million in grants to nonprofit organizations, helping more than 10 million individuals take their first steps toward literacy, a general education diploma or English proficiency. To learn more about the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, visit www.dgliteracy.org.
About Dollar General Corporation
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