“Each fall, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation proudly provides financial support to schools, libraries and nonprofit literacy organizations that help students and teachers as they head back to the classroom,” said Todd Vasos, Dollar General’s chief executive officer and Dollar General Literacy Foundation board member. “Whether it is providing books and technology or enhancing reading programs, today’s grants will help students reach their full potential through targeted literacy initiatives that impact the communities Dollar General serves.” 

Statewide grants are part of more than $2.8 million that the Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded this morning. Recipients of today’s grant announcements plan to use Dollar General Literacy Foundation funds to help students learn to read, prepare for the high school equivalency exam or learn English.  Texas recipients are listed below and a comprehensive list of grant recipients may be found online at www.dgliteracy.org.

Organization	City	County	Grant Amount
Amarillo ISD	Amarillo	Potter	$3,996.00
Duff Elementary School	Arlington	Tarrant	$500.00
Wayside Schools	Austin	Travis	$2,000.00
YMCA of Austin	Austin	Harris	$3,000.00
Zachary Scott Theatre Center	Austin	Travis	$10,000.00
Boys & Girls Clubs of Austin County	Bellville	Austin	$3,000.00
Burkburnett Middle School	Burkburnett	Wichita	$3,000.00
Burton ISD	Burton	Washington	$3,000.00
Bill Childress Elementary School	Canutillo	El Paso	$4,000.00
Cross Plains Public Library	Cross Plains	Callahan	$3,000.00
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas	Dallas	Dallas	$4,000.00
Jubilee Park and Community Center	Dallas	Dallas	$4,000.00
University of North Texas Foundation, INC.	Denton	Denton	$4,000.00
San Leon Elementary	Dickinson	Galveston	$3,000.00
J.P. LeNoir Elementary	Donna	Hidalgo	$3,000.00
Ascarate Elementary	El Paso	El Paso	$2,000.00
Desertaire Elementary	El Paso	El Paso	$3,000.00
Parkland Middle School	El Paso	El Paso	$3,000.00
Diamond Hill North Side Youth Association	Fort Worth	Tarrant	$2,000.00
Insights Learning Center	Fort Worth	Tarrant	$3,800.00
Fruitvale ISD	Fruitvale	Van Zandt	$3,000.00
Boys & Girls Clubs of Harlingen	Harlingen	Cameron	$3,000.00
Boys & Girls Club of Rusk County	Henderson	Rusk	$4,000.00
Alliance for Multicultural Community Services	Houston	Harris	$4,000.00
Pyburn Elementary	Houston	Harris	$2,000.00
Sisterhood Creations Children's Association	Houston	Harris	$2,540.00
YES Prep Public Schools	Houston	Harris	$3,000.00
Ellison High School	Killeen	Bell	$4,000.00
Boys & Girls Club of Laredo	Laredo	Webb	$4,000.00
Communities In Schools of North Texas	Lewisville	Denton	$3,000.00
Communities in Schools of the South Plains	Lubbock	Lubbock	$4,000.00
Marfa Education Foundation	Marfa	Presidio	$4,000.00
Matagorda ISD	Matagorda	Matagorda	$2,000.00
Communities In Schools of the Permian Basin, Inc.	Midland	Midland	$4,000.00
Berta S. Palacios Library	Pharr	Hidalgo	$4,000.00
Plano ISD- Vision Services Dept.	Plano	Collin	$2,500.00
Port Aransis ISD	Port Aransas	Nueces	$3,000.00
Q-School	Quanah	Hardeman	$3,250.00
Rio Grande City ISD	Rio Grande City	Starr	$3,954.00
Robertson Elementary	Round Rock	Williamson	$3,500.00
Carnahan Elementary	San Antonio	Bexar	$3,000.00
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of San Antonio	San Antonio	Bexar	$4,000.00
Jackson Middle School	San Antonio	Bexar	$2,000.00
SA Youth, Inc.	San Antonio	Bexar	$4,000.00
San Antonio Youth Literacy	San Antonio	Bexar	$4,000.00
YMCA of Greater San Antonio	San Antonio	Bexar	$4,000.00
Santa Anna ISD	Santa Anna	Coleman	$4,000.00
MasterKey Ministries of Grayson County	Sherman	Grayson	$3,000.00
La Vega Pirates Education Foundation	Waco	Mclennan	$3,000.00
Boy & Girls Clubs of Champion Valley	Weimar	Colorado	$4,000.00
Boys & Girls Club of Weslaco, Inc.	Weslaco	Hidalgo	$4,000.00
Weslaco East High School	Weslaco	Hidalgo	$3,000.00
Wichita Falls ISD	Wichita Falls	Wichita	$4,000.00
Willow Bend Elementary	Wolfforth	Lubbock	$3,000.00

 The Dollar General Literacy Foundation awards grants each year to organizations located within a 20-mile radius of a Dollar General store or distribution center to further adult, summer, family and youth literacy and education initiatives in the communities that Dollar General calls home. Applications for the 2020 Dollar General Literacy Foundation grant cycle will be available on January 2, 2020. 

To date, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded more than $172 million in grants to schools, libraries and literacy organizations as part of its commitment to improve literacy skills for individuals of all ages.  The Dollar General Literacy Foundation was created in 1993 to honor Dollar General’s co-founder, J.L. Turner, who was functionally illiterate and never completed a formal education. 

Over the past 26 years, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has directly impacted more than 11 million individuals’ lives by investing in programs that have helped individuals take their first steps toward learning to read, learning English, or completing their high school equivalency.  

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