The Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently announced it is awarding nearly $128,000 in literacy grants to nonprofit organizations, libraries and schools in Arkansas, and an organization located in Mountain Home will be one of the recipients for the eighth-consecutive year. The Twin Lakes Literacy Council is being awarded $3,500 for its Adult English Learners program.
Twin Lakes Literacy Council Director Nancy Tester says the organization was excited to receive the grant since the program it’s benefitting has students from around the globe in attendance.
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The Dollar General Literacy Foundation awards its funds every year to support adult, family and summer literacy programs within a 20-mile radius of a Dollar General store or distribution center across the 44 states the corporation serves. More than $7.5 million dollars was awarded nationwide this week.
In addition, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation is accepting applications for youth literacy grants to support schools, public libraries and nonprofit organizations in implementing new or expanding existing literacy efforts. The deadline to apply is Thursday. Applications are available online at dgliteracy.org.
Tester says other programs are offered at the Twin Lakes Literacy Council.
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For more information on the Twin Lakes Literacy Council, call 870-425-7323.
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