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GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. — Two area organizations recently were awarded funds through the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.
Girls Inc. of Washington County won a $1,500 award and Bolivar-Harpers Ferry (W.Va.) Public Library was awarded $3,000.
The foundation recently announced $37,000 in literacy grants to Maryland nonprofit organizations, libraries and schools, and more than $65,000 to such groups in West Virginia.
The funds are aimed at supporting adult, family and summer literacy programs within a 20-mile radius of a Dollar General store or distribution center across the 44 states Dollar General serves. The grants are expected to positively impact the lives of nearly 5,000 Maryland residents.
Statewide grants are part of more than $8.3 million that the Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded.
Recipients of the grants plan to use the funds to help adults learn to read, prepare for the high school equivalency exam, promote childhood summer reading or learn English.
A comprehensive list of grant recipients may be found at www.dgliteracy.org.
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is accepting applications for youth literacy grants through 10 p.m. Central Time on Thursday.
Youth literacy grants support schools, public libraries and nonprofit organizations in implementing new or expanding existing literacy efforts. Funding can be used to purchase new technology, equipment, books, materials or software to enhance literacy programs. Applications are available at www.dg literacy.org.
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