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Dollar General Literacy Foundation Awards $550,000 in Grants
September 17, 2003
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn., Sep 17, 2003 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- The Dollar General Literacy Foundation, a philanthropic arm of Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG), announced that it has awarded $550,000 in grants to 110 non-profit organizations across the company's 27-state market area. The grants went to non-profit literacy providers dedicated to increasing the functional literacy of adults and families.
Dollar General Literacy Foundation grants provide program support to non- profit literacy organizations in the Dollar General market area with the intent of helping literacy providers increase their capacity to serve low- level literacy adults and their families. Programs supported through the Foundation's grants include adult basic education, GED preparation, English as a second language, family literacy and workforce literacy initiatives.
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation accepts proposals on an annual basis. The next Request for Proposal submission deadline is April 9, 2004. RFP packages will be available online January 9, 2004. For more information on the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, visit the company's Web site at www.dollargeneral.com. To place your name on the RFP mailing list for future RFPs, send your organization's name, a contact name, and mailing address to The Dollar General Literacy Foundation, P.O. Box 1064, Goodlettsville, TN 37072-1064.
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The following list includes the 110 organizations that received funding from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation during the 2003 grant cycle.
Organization City State
Central Alabama Laubach Literacy Council Montgomery Alabama
Northwest - Shoals Community College Adult Muscle Shoals Alabama
Education Program
SAFE Family Services Center Sylacauga Alabama
Literacy Council of Hot Springs County, Inc. Malvern Arkansas
Literacy Council of Jefferson County Pine Bluff Arkansas
Literacy Council of Western Arkansas, Inc. Fort Smith Arkansas
Polk County Literacy Council, Inc. Mena Arkansas
Delaware Technical & Community College Adult Dover Delaware
Education Program
Adult Literacy League, Inc. Orlando Florida
GROWS Literacy Council Apopka Florida
Learn to Read of Northwest Florida, Inc. Pensacola Florida
Sarasota Family YMCA/Children's Services Sarasota Florida
Catholic Social Services, Inc. Atlanta Georgia
Community Partnership of Elbert County Elberton Georgia
Easter Seals Middle Georgia Dublin Georgia
Literacy Volunteers of America Decatur Georgia
Carl Sandburg College Literacy Coalition Galesburg Illinois
Chinese Mutual Aid Association Chicago Illinois
Dominican Literacy Council Aurora Illinois
John A. Logan College Literacy Program Carterville Illinois
Youth Service Bureau of Illinois Valley Ottawa Illinois
Clinton County Economic Advancement Foundation Frankfort Indiana
La Porte Literacy Coalition La Porte Indiana
Literacy Coalition of Kokomo-Howard County, Inc. Kokomo Indiana
Steuben County Literacy Coalition Angola Indiana
The Salvation Army Family Literacy Program Terre Haute Indiana
Volunteers in Tutoring Adult Learners (VITAL) Bloomington Indiana
Iowa Homeless Youth Centers Des Moines Iowa
Mid-Iowa Community Action, Inc. Marshalltown Iowa
Tripoli Public Library Tripoli Iowa
Donnelly College Kansas City Kansas
Hutchinson Community College Learning Center Hutchinson Kansas
Literacy Resources Wichita Kansas
Seward Community College ESL Program Liberal Kansas
Bell County Council on Literacy, Inc. Middlesboro Kentucky
Scott Education and Community Foundation Georgetown Kentucky
Western Kentucky Refugee Mutual Assistance Bowling Green Kentucky
Society
Western Kentucky University Adult Literacy Bowling Green Kentucky
Program
Progressive Education Program New Iberia Louisiana
Reading Education for Adult Development (READ) Oakdale Louisiana
St. Ambrose Family Outreach Center Baltimore Maryland
St. Michael's Rectory ESL Literacy Initiative Silver Springs Maryland
The Learning Bank of COIL Baltimore Maryland
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries Detroit Michigan
Oakland Literacy Council Pontiac Michigan
Southgate Adult & Community Education Southgate Michigan
Specialized Language Development Learning Grand Rapids Michigan
Center, Inc.
Bolivar County Literacy Council Cleveland Mississippi
EXCEL, Inc. Okolona Mississippi
Grenada League for Adult Development Grenada Mississippi
Lafayette County literacy Council Oxford Mississippi
Laclede Literacy Council - LVA Lebanon Missouri
Missouri Humanities Council St. Louis Missouri
SERVE, Inc. Fulton Missouri
Women's Employment Network (WEN) Kansas City Missouri
Lincoln Action Program Lincoln Nebraska
Lincoln Literacy Council Lincoln Nebraska
Literacy Volunteers of America - West Hudson Kearny New Jersey
Literacy Volunteers of America Cape - Pleasantville New Jersey
Atlantic, Inc.
Literacy Volunteers of America in Mercer County Trenton New Jersey
Literacy Volunteers of Middlesex South River New Jersey
Hispanic Outreach Services Albany New York
InterReligious Council of Central New York Syracuse New York
Literacy Volunteers of America - Suffolk County Bellport New York
The Learning Place Syracuse New York
Craven Literacy Council New Bern North Carolina
Gaston Literacy Council, Inc. Gastonia North Carolina
Literacy Council of Buncombe County Asheville North Carolina
Literacy Council of Wake County Raleigh North Carolina
Stanly Community College Family Literacy Albemarle North Carolina
Program
Clinton County Adult New Readers Wilmington Ohio
Licking County Coalition for Housing Newark Ohio
Project: Learn of Summit County Akron Ohio
YWCA of Greater Cincinnati Cincinnati Ohio
Family & Children's Services Tulsa Oklahoma
McAlester Regional Literacy Council McAlester Oklahoma
Oklahoma Literacy Resource Office Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Pontotoc County Literacy Coalition Ada Oklahoma
Alle-Kiski Learning Center, Inc. Arnold Pennsylvania
Carlisle Area OIC Learning Center Carlisle Pennsylvania
Center for Literacy Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Voice for Adult Literacy United for Education Chester Pennsylvania
YWCA of Westmoreland County Greensburg Pennsylvania
Howard Adult Center Georgetown South Carolina
Laurens County Literacy Council Laurens South Carolina
Middle Tyger Community Center Lyman South Carolina
Trident Literacy Association North Charleston South Carolina
Baptist Hospital Foundation Nashville Tennessee
Christian Women's Job Corps Nashville Tennessee
Collierville Literacy Council Collierville Tennessee
Dyer County Literacy Program, Inc. Dyersburg Tennessee
Literacy Council of Sumner County Hendersonville Tennessee
Preston Taylor Ministries Nashville Tennessee
Read to Succeed - United Way of Middle Nashville Tennessee
Tennessee
AAMA Adelante Houston Texas
Austin Families, Inc. Austin Texas
Benitia Family Center San Antonio Texas
Houston READ Commission Houston Texas
Literacy Advance of Houston, Inc. Houston Texas
National Alliance of Urban Literacy Coalitions Houston Texas
Vickery Meadow Learning Center Dallas Texas
Victoria Adult Literacy Council Victoria Texas
Literacy Volunteers of America - Prince William Woodbridge Virginia
Literacy Volunteers of Marshall & Ohio Counties Wheeling Virginia
Loudoun Literacy Council Leesburg Virginia
Patrick County Public Schools Stuart Virginia
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic Charlottesville Virginia
Rosedale Community Center Rosedale Virginia
Hamlin-Lincoln County Public Library Hamlin West Virginia
Tri-State Literacy Council Huntington West Virginia
SOURCE Dollar General Corporation
Denine Torr, Charitable Contributions Specialist of Dollar General Corporation, +1-615-855-5208
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