{"id":109689,"date":"2019-11-05T11:10:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T16:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=109689"},"modified":"2019-11-05T11:10:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T16:10:04","slug":"dollar-general-literacy-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=109689","title":{"rendered":"Dollar General literacy donation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bonnie\nMalek, store manager of the Canastota Dollar General Store, and Mindy\nRobiner-Kling, store training manager, of Dollar General recently visited the\nCanastota Public Library to present a check for $5,000 from the Dollar General\nLiteracy Foundation to the library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Library\nDirector Liz Metzger, who received the grant on behalf of the library, said the\nfunds will be used in a number of ways. The library will use the money to help\nwith funding programs at the library from early reader to adult literacy. Early\nliteracy programs at the Canastota Public Library include Baby Lapsit and\nSensory Play, which are for children from birth to age 24 months, Pre-K\nStorytime for children who are toddler-aged, as well as the library\u2019s Dolly\nParton Imagination Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

School-aged literacy\nincludes topical \u2018grab-and-go\u2019 literacy bags which have books on a variety of\ntopics and STEM learning bags that can be borrowed. Teens are involved in STEM\nprogramming and other various sessions at the library. Adults and senior\ncitizens take advantage of the library\u2019s resources for learning English,\nlearning to read, studying for the High School Equivalency Exam and borrowing\nLarge Print Reading Materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis kind\ndonation will address the literacy needs of community members throughout their\nlives,\u201d noted Metzger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nCanastota Public Library will use this grant to help fund all of these literacy\nprograms. Part of the money will help to fund the library\u2019s Dolly Parton\nImagination Library. With that program, local children ages birth to 5 years\nold, are mailed a book from the Dolly Parton Imagination Library each month so\nthat they can build their own library at home. The library pays about $30 per\nchild per year that is enrolled in the program. Currently, there are over 300\nchildren in the Canastota area that participate! Additionally, part of the\nmoney will help to provide for the needs of our tutors who work with adult\nlearners in the community who might be learning to read or who are preparing\nfor the High School Equivalency tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dollar\nGeneral Literacy Foundation has awarded more than $160 million in grants to\nliteracy organization that have helped more than 10 million individuals learn\nto read, prepare for the high school equivalency or to learn English. The\nDollar General Literacy Foundation believes that everyone deserves an equal\nopportunity to receive a basic education and that it is never too late to begin\nlearning! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nCanastota Public Library is located at 102 W. Center St., Canastota. The Dollar\nGeneral Store in Canastota is located at 431 N. Peterboro St.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bonnie Malek, store manager of the Canastota Dollar General Store, and Mindy Robiner-Kling, store training manager, of Dollar General recently visited the Canastota Public Library to present a check for $5,000 from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to the library. Library Director Liz Metzger, who received the grant on behalf of the library, said the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23813,65,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-libraries","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0823.jpg?fit=2016%2C1512&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-sxb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/109690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}