The Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently awarded Cardinal Local Schools a $3,960.00 grant to support youth literacy. This local grant is part of $4.5 million in youth literacy grants awarded to approximately 1,000 organizations across the 43 states that Dollar General serves. Given at the beginning of the academic school year, these grants are aimed at supporting teachers, schools and organizations with resources to strengthen and enhance literacy instruction.
“TEAM” stands for Technology Enrichment Assistance by Mindplay. The purpose of “TEAM” emphasizes positive achievement through cooperative learning of educational professionals utilizing the software program My Reading Coach by Mindplay. My Reading Coach is used in combination with instructional process approaches that extends the teacher’s class time and resources to provide each student with engaging, individualized, reading instruction that is direct, personalized, self-paced and adapts to their performance.
“We were so excited to learn that the District had received the Youth Literacy grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation because the money will allow us to expand the Mindplay program to reach third, fourth and fifth graders,” says District Speech Therapist Melissa Butler. “The program provides a multisensory learning experience, timely and targeted feedback, and systematic instruction that has proven effective for students here at Cardinal.”
“By awarding these grants, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation is committed to making a meaningful impact in our local communities,” said Todd Vasos, Dollar General’s chief executive officer. “These grants provide funds to support youth literacy initiatives and educational programs throughout the communities we serve to ensure a successful academic year for students.”
Committed to helping increase the literacy skills of individuals of all ages, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded more than $127 million in grants to nonprofit organizations, helping nearly 7.9 million individuals take their first steps toward literacy or continued education since its inception in 1993. The Dollar General Literacy Foundation awards grants each year to nonprofit organizations, schools and libraries within a 20-mile radius of a Dollar General store or distribution center to support adult, family, summer and youth literacy programs.
About the Dollar General Literacy Foundation
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is proud to support initiatives that help others improve their lives through literacy and education as part of the company’s mission of Serving Others for over 20 years. Since its inception in 1993, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded more than $127 million in grants to nonprofit organizations, helping more than 7.9 million individuals take their first steps toward literacy or continued education. For more information about the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and its grant programs, visit www.dgliteracy.org.
About Dollar General Corporation
Dollar General Corporation has been delivering value to shoppers for over 75 years through its mission of Serving Others. Dollar General helps shoppers Save time. Save money. Every day!® by offering products that are frequently used and replenished, such as food, snacks, health and beauty aids, cleaning supplies, basic apparel, housewares and seasonal items at low everyday prices in convenient neighborhood locations. Dollar General operated 13,000 stores in 43 states as of August 13, 2016. In addition to high quality private brands, Dollar General sells products from America’s most-trusted manufacturers such as Clorox, Energizer, Procter & Gamble, Hanes, Coca-Cola, Mars, Unilever, Nestle, Kimberly-Clark, Kellogg’s, General Mills, and PepsiCo. For more information on Dollar General, please visit www.dollargeneral.com.
Pictured In Top Right Photo: Third grade students at Cardinal Intermediate School use the Mindplay software program to assist with vocabulary and literacy. The Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently gave the District a grant to expand the Mindplay program to third through fifth graders.
Pictured In Top Right Photo: Third grader Zoey H. uses Mindplay software to assist with a vocabulary lesson. The software will expand to reach students in grades three through five thanks to a grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.
