Here for What Matters During National Library Week

Rooted in the history of Dollar General’s founders, the Company remains an ardent supporter of literacy and education through the Dollar General Literacy Foundation’s (DGLF) and corporate initiatives to help increase access to quality education programs and resources to build brighter futures for students.

To celebrate National Library Week on April 7-13, 2024, the Company is highlighting recent examples of how Dollar General and the DGLF are supporting local libraries in its hometown communities:

La Plata, Missouri: Reading Revolution Grant Recipient

In December 2023, La Plata Elementary School in La Plata, Missouri suffered significant fire damage causing classes to be temporarily relocated in a local church for two months. After learning the impact that the damage had on  students’ educations, DG donated a $50,000 Reading Revolution literacy grant in February 2024 to help the library’s rebuild.