Honey Grove, Texas -- The Honey Grove Library and Learning Center is thrilled to be recipient of a grant of $8,000 from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to support family literacy.

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation funds will be used to offer expanded services in the form of English as a Second Language instruction to community members. The Library will additionally expand the Children’s education program to include Parent and Child Together programming. This program will provide opportunities for parents to interact with their children to build fundamental living and academic skills.

 “This opportunity comes at a time when the needs of our community are so real after the shut-down of school and Library programs because of COVID-19,” says Mitzi Sherwood, Library Director.  “We will be planning programs that can offer needed literacy services to our patrons and bring new patrons to our Library.  We can use the funds over a 1 year period, which will give us time for proper planning to bring programs back into the Library.” 

Rhonda Cunningham, Chairman of the Hall-Voyer Foundation which operates the Library, said:  “One of the primary objectives of the Honey Grove Library is literacy, which is strengthened when parents, grandparents and children read together.  We are excited that these funds will allow the Library to offer innovative programs for our local families.”

This local grant is part of more than $8.6 million in grants awarded to more than 950 schools, nonprofits and organizations across the communities Dollar General serves. Todd Vasos, Dollar General’s CEO and Dollar General Literacy Foundation board member, said:  “We are proud to support the meaningful and impactful work that each of today’s recipients conduct and support their ongoing efforts to help individuals improve their lives through literacy and education.”