Date Posted: July 8, 2025
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation (DGLF) recently awarded the Southern Crescent Technical College Foundation a $9,982 grant to support Adult Literacy. The funds are a part of a record-setting, one-day donation in the Foundation’s history of more than $13.2 million to support adult, family, and summer literacy programs in the 48 states in which Dollar General operates.
According to Jack Bowdoin, Chair of the Southern Crescent Technical College Foundation, “This grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation will provide resources to pay for GED testing fees for Southern Crescent Technical College Adult Education students from Henry County. The Southern Crescent Technical College Foundation is pleased to accept this grant, for these funds will have a significant impact on our Adult Education students in Henry County and the quality of life for the citizens in Henry County.”
This grant will provide approximately 217 individual GED subject exam scholarships to students needing financial assistance. The scholarships will be awarded based on established criteria, including financial need and academic merit with students demonstrating financial hardship and commitment to completing their GED will be prioritized. By removing financial barriers to GED completion, this grant will not only help Southern Crescent Technical College students cover the costs of exams, but also improve retention rates by enabling them to pursue their educational journey and achieve their academic and career goals.
“For over 30 years, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has been proud to invest in literacy and education programs in our hometown communities,” said Denine Torr, executive director of the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. “Today’s grant announcement is a celebration of our unwavering commitment to student and teacher success. We are grateful to all the grant recipients for their commitment to advancing education and helping students thrive.”
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation supports organizations that increase access to educational programming, stimulate and enable innovation in the delivery of educational instruction and inspire a love of reading. Each year, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation awards funds to nonprofit organizations, schools, and libraries within a 15-mile radius of a Dollar General store or distribution center to support adult, family, summer, and youth literacy programs. The Foundation also offers a student referral program for individuals interested in learning how to read, speak English, or prepare for the high school equivalency exam. Referrals to a local organization that provides free literacy services are available online here or through referral cards found in the Learn to Read brochures that are available at the cash register of every Dollar General store.
The Foundation also plans to launch its sixth annual The Yellow Glasses Project campaign on July 21, 2025, in which customers can purchase yellow sunglasses at Dollar General stores for $2 each to benefit the DGLF.
About the Southern Crescent Technical College Foundation
The Southern Crescent Technical College Foundation, Inc., is a non-profit organization organized under Georgia state law that provides guidance and helps secure funding for Southern Crescent Technical College. The Foundation is governed by a local board of trustees who represent positive leadership and community influence throughout the College’s eight-county service area of Butts, Fayette, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Pike, Spalding, and Upson. By serving as advisors in the advancement of the College, the Board of Trustees plans and implements resource development activities to improve programs and recognition for Southern Crescent Technical College.
About the Dollar General Literacy Foundation
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is proud to support initiatives that help others improve their lives through literacy and education. Since 1993, the Foundation has awarded more than $197 million in grants, helping more than 14 million individuals take their first steps toward literacy, a general education diploma or English proficiency. Cal Turner, Jr. founded the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to honor his grandfather and Dollar General’s co-founder, J.L. Turner, who was functionally illiterate having dropped out of school in the third grade to support his family. The Foundation aims to provide support to schools, libraries and nonprofit organizations that seek to improve adult, summer, youth and family literacy initiatives. To learn more about the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, visit www.dgliteracy.org.