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Dollar General Literacy Foundation awards $65,000 to Iowa schools, nonprofits

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The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is awarding roughly $65,000 in literacy grants to Iowa nonprofit organizations, libraries and schools. The money is aimed at supporting adult, family and summer literacy programs within a 20-mile radius of a Dollar General store or distribution center across the 44 states Dollar General serves. The grants awarded are expected to have an impact on more than 6,000 Iowans. The grants range from $500 to $8,000 and have been awarded to 21 organizations in Polk, Dallas, Linn, Tama, Warren, Jefferson, Black Hawk, Hamilton, Cerro Gordo, Dickinson, Marshall, Decatur and Hardin counties.