The Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently awarded
Partners in Education a $3,000 grant to support youth
literacy via the Mentors in Toledo Schools program. This
grant is part of more than $3.4 million the organization
awarded to 915 recipients on August 28, 2018. Awarded
annually at the beginning of the academic school year
inception, youth literacy grants help support teachers,
schools and nonprofit organizations throughout the 44 states
that Dollar General serves.
“Partners in Education is thrilled to be a recipient of the
Dollar General Literacy Foundation Grant. This funding
allows us to provide critical take-home reading materials to
the hundreds of students who participate in our Mentors in
Toledo Schools program,” said Michelle Klinger, executive
director at Partners in Education.
Mentors in Toledo Schools is a literacy program that
provides one-to-one tutoring with volunteer mentor/tutors to
Toledo Public School students in Kindergarten through Grade
3 at DeVeaux, Garfield, Larchmont, Marshall, Old Orchard and
Sherman schools, and we will be starting a new program soon
at Queen of Apostles School, a Central City Ministries
School of the Toledo Diocese. Schools participating in the
program have seen their K-3 Literacy Report Card scores
increase since introducing the program.
“The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is proud to be an
ardent supporter of schools, libraries and nonprofit
literacy organizations,” said Todd Vasos, Dollar General’s
chief executive officer. “Dollar General’s mission is
Serving Others, and this commitment comes to life
through Dollar General Literacy Foundation grants that will
impact thousands of students across the country. Since its
inception 25 years ago, the Dollar General Literacy
Foundation has partnered with thousands of organizations
focused on advancing the goals of literacy and education.”
To date, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded
more than $159 million in grants to schools, libraries and
literacy organizations as part of its commitment to increase
literacy skills for individuals of all ages.
Dollar General’s co-founder, J.L. Turner, was functionally
illiterate and never completed a formal education. In 1993,
the Dollar General Literacy Foundation was established in
his honor and has since helped more than 10 million
individuals take their first steps toward literacy or
continued education.
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation also supports
customers interested in learning how to read, speak English
or prepare for the high school equivalency test. Customers
may receive a referral to a local organization that offers
free literacy services by clicking
here
or by picking up a brochure with a postage-paid reply card
available at the cash register of every Dollar General
store, which can be mailed in for information.
Partners in Education of Toledo (Partners) is a local
nonprofit founded in 1994 by the Rotary Club of Toledo to
“enhance student success through community engagement.” PIE
connects businesses, nonprofit organizations, faith
communities and institutions of higher learning to
facilitate collaborations that support student success in
Toledo area K-12 schools.
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