Dollar General awards $4.8 million to literacy programs

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. Dollar General announced that the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded grants totaling $4.8 million to 314 nonprofit organizations that promote literacy and education.

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation aims to increase literacy among adults and families through its grant program. Approximately 99,000 individual students and families living in the 35 states where Dollar General operates stores will be supported by these grants. The grants support adult basic education, GED preparation, English as a Second Language, and family and work force literacy initiatives.

“We are proud to support the hopes and dreams of those who want to better their lives through education,” said Rick Dreiling, Dollar General’s chairman and CEO. “We hope to build better communities and brighter futures by funding literacy and education organizations in the towns Dollar General calls home.”