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Two local libraries awarded literacy grants

By Brian Hagen

05/15/2025

(KAIR)--The McLouth Public Library is designated to receive $2,000 through the Dollar General Literacy Foundation which has announced the awarding of nearly $65,000 in literacy grants to Kansas nonprofit organizations, libraries, and schools.

According to a release from the Foundation, the funds are part of a record-setting, one-day donation in the Foundation- history of more than $13.2 million to support adult, family, and summer literacy programs in the 48 states in which Dollar General operates.

Also receiving funds is the Marysville Public Library, which earns $1,500 and is the only other recipient in the local region although a total of 21 beneficiaries in Kansas are named.

The grants, the release notes, are expected to positively impact the lives of nearly 9,000 individuals with the funding to be used for the purchase of new technology, books, materials, or software to enhance literacy programs.

According to the release, the Foundation has been investing in literacy and basic education programs in hometown communities for over 30-years.

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