Dollar General Literacy Foundation awards $107,650 in grants in metro Atlanta

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded $107,650 to area schools, nonprofits and literacy organizations to enhance and support youth literacy and education programs. These grant awards are part of more than $4 million in grants awarded today to approximately 870 schools, nonprofits and organizations throughout the 43 states Dollar General serves. 
These youth literacy grants are awarded at the beginning of the academic year in an effort to give teachers, schools and organizations a great start with the funding and resources they need for the upcoming school year. A complete list of grant recipients may be found online at www.dgliteracy.org. Grant applications for adult, family, summer and youth literacy grants will be available in January 2016. Local award recipients include:
Points of Light
Atlanta
$50,000
Hands On Atlanta
Atlanta
$4,000
Thomasville Heights Elementary School
Atlanta
$3,000
William M. Finch Elementary School
Atlanta
$2,500
International Community School
Decatur
$3,500
Church Street Elementary
Riverdale
$3,000
Annette Winn Elementary School
Lithia Springs
$2,500
Achieve Through Education, Inc.
Marietta
$3,000
Omosaze, Inc.
Smyrna
$3,150
Woodland Middle School
East Point
$3,000
Mountain Park Elementary
Lilburn
$4,000
Peachtree Elementary
Norcross
$2,500
Bright Future for Kids, Inc.
Conyers
$2,000
Saint Catherine of Siena School
Kennesaw
$2,000
Floyd Shelton Elementary
Dallas
$2,500
Sugar Hill Elementary School
Gainesville
$3,500
Next Generation Focus, Inc.
Cumming
$3,500
Walnut Grove Elementary School
Covington
$3,000
Dacula Middle School
Dacula
$3,500
Haymon-Morris Middle School
Winder
$3,000
Independence High School
Alpharetta
$500