The Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently announced the award of nearly $250,000 in literacy grants to Georgia nonprofit organizations, libraries and schools. Groups in Habersham, Elbert, Gilmer, Gwinnett and Hart counties are among the recipients.
These 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, according to a Dollar General press release.
Recipients 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.
These are the Georgia entities receiving grants this year listed by organization, amount of grant, hometown and home county:
|
Ray City Community Library |
$3,000.00 |
Ray City |
BERRIEN |
|
Royce Learning Center |
$2,000.00 |
Savannah |
CHATHAM |
|
YMCA of Coastal Georgia |
$2,000.00 |
Savannah |
CHATHAM |
|
Action Ministries, Inc. |
$15,000.00 |
Athens |
CLARKE |
|
Horizons Atlanta |
$2,000.00 |
Atlanta |
COBB |
|
Fast Start Academy - Kennesaw State University |
$2,000.00 |
Kennesaw |
COBB |
|
Marietta Police Athletic League, Inc. |
$2,000.00 |
Marietta |
COBB |
|
New American Pathways, Inc. |
$15,000.00 |
Atlanta |
DEKALB |
|
Rainbow Park Baptist Church |
$2,000.00 |
Decatur |
DEKALB |
|
Albany Tech Foundation, Inc. |
$14,640.00 |
Albany |
DOUGHERTY |
|
Dougherty County Family Literacy Council, Inc. |
$15,000.00 |
Albany |
DOUGHERTY |
|
Elbert County Public Library |
$1,500.00 |
Elberton |
ELBERT |
|
Hattiesburg University Foundation |
$10,000.00 |
Atlanta |
FULTON |
|
LaAmistad, Inc. |
$15,000.00 |
Atlanta |
FULTON |
|
Latin American Association |
$15,000.00 |
Atlanta |
FULTON |
|
Literacy Action |
$5,000.00 |
Atlanta |
FULTON |
|
Communities in Schools of Atlanta |
$2,000.00 |
Atlanta |
FULTON |
|
Georgia Institute of Technology |
$2,000.00 |
Atlanta |
FULTON |
|
Page Turners Make Great Learners |
$2,000.00 |
Atlanta |
FULTON |
|
Harvest Rain Early Learning Academy |
$15,000.00 |
Fairburn |
FULTON |
|
Gilmer Learning Center, Inc. |
$15,000.00 |
Ellijay |
GILMER |
|
Asian American Resource Foundation Inc. |
$15,000.00 |
Duluth |
GWINNETT |
|
Kidsplosion Nation |
$2,000.00 |
Duluth |
GWINNETT |
|
Gwinnett Tech Foundation, Inc. |
$12,315.00 |
Lawrenceville |
GWINNETT |
|
The Path Project |
$2,000.00 |
Snellville |
GWINNETT |
|
Volunteers for Literacy of Habersham County, Inc. |
$8,000.00 |
Cornelia |
HABERSHAM |
|
Hart Partners/CIS of Hart County, Inc. |
$2,000.00 |
Hartwell |
HART |
|
ATLprojects |
$2,000.00 |
Stockbridge |
HENRY |
|
Loving Hands Community Development Corporation |
$2,000.00 |
Barnesville |
LAMAR |
|
Columbus Literate Community Program dba Literacy Alliance |
$15,000.00 |
Columbus |
MUSCOGEE |
|
Newton County Community Partnership |
$10,000.00 |
Covington |
NEWTON |
|
City of Williamson Library |
$400.00 |
Williamson |
PIKE |
|
Augusta Technical College Foundation |
$6,000.00 |
Augusta |
RICHMOND |
|
Communities in Schools of Augusta Richmond County, Inc |
$2,000.00 |
Augusta |
RICHMOND |
|
Southern Crescent Technical College Foundation, Inc. |
$8,000.00 |
Griffin |
SPALDING |
|
O'Kelly Memorial Library |
$2,000.00 |
Loganville |
WALTON |
|
Okefenokee Regional Library System |
$2,000.00 |
Waycross |
WARE |
http://accesswdun.com/article/2017/5/538308/organizations-in-habersham-elbert-gilmer-gwinnett-hart-counties-among-dollar-general-grant-recipients