Red Bay library gets $1.5K grant

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation announced the award of nearly $225,000 in literacy grants to Alabama nonprofit organizations, libraries and schools Thursday morning – including $1,500 for the Weatherford Public Library in Red Bay.

These funds are 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.

“Dollar General is excited to provide these organizations with funding to support literacy and education,” said Todd Vasos, Dollar General’s CEO.  “Providing these grants and supporting the communities we call home reflects our mission of serving others, and it’s rewarding to see the impact these funds have.”

Statewide grants are part of more than $7.5 million the Foundation awarded.

In Red Bay, grant money will be used to help fund the library’s summer reading program for elementary school children.