Dollar General Literacy Foundation Donation
by Founder on 09/24/16
For a second consecutive year, we, at Future Unleashed, would like to offer very sincere gratitude to the Dollar General Literacy Foundation for awarding us a grant in support of our 2016 summer literacy program again, this year. With their help, we were able to: create partnerships with several small, local churches and to pool our resources on behalf of our literacy program and on behalf of their youth outreach ministries in order to serve even more students than we had planned (36% increase from the number of students we had planned to serve and with a 82% retention rate, due to summer band and football practices); purchase four more computers to add to our computer lab, now that we have an enrichment center based in Snow Hill, NC; purchase student dictionaries to strengthen spelling, vocabulary, and students’ ability to research; purchase simulation and other educational software; purchase a projector, instructional materials, other instructional aid, maps, and classroom supplies for the students; and pay for program incentives in the form of educational field trips.
The success of our summer literacy program and our year-round literacy program was and is only made possible through Dollar General Literacy Foundation's generosity. They chose to sponsor us for another year and had enough confidence in us and our project to encourage us to reapply for the grant. For that, we will forever be thankful.
Dollar General is one of few major corporations that are truly committed to remaining involved with the local communities. It is very difficult for small, local non-profits to get buy-in from major corporations, yet Dollar General is committed to standing by their word and to help increase literacy, even in the far and most remote regions of the country. It is for these reasons and more that Future Unleashed strive to reciprocate Dollar General’s loyalty to the small, community-based non-profits and to the local community.
On behalf of Future Unleashed and all of the children whom we are very honored and fortunate to be able to serve: "Thank you, Dollar General Literacy Foundation for your loyalty and dedication!"
