Southwest Tennessee Community College Foundation Receives $8,000 Grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to Support Adult Literacy

For more information, contact:
Brenda J. Rayner
901-333-4247
bjrayner@southwest.tn.edu

This week, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded Southwest Tennessee Community College Foundation a $8,000 grant to support adult literacy. This local grant award is part of more than $7.1 million in grants awarded to more than 900 schools, nonprofits and organizations across the 43 states that Dollar General serves.

"As a community college, our goal is to become a national model for technical, career, and transfer education by fostering student success, transforming lives and increasing the education level of a diverse community. We offer English as a Second Language (ESL) and GED programs in English and Spanish to help educate, motivate, and support students who live in isolated areas," says Kathy Simpson, director, Corporate Training and Continuing Education.

Southwest is an official GED Testing Center and currently offers Bi-lingual GED classes. Classes are taught in English and Spanish to students with a variety of linguistic skills. This unique class gives students the ability to learn the necessary skills to take the GED, either the complete test or whatever portion they need, in Spanish and English with the exception of math, where they must learn the terms in English only.

"Consistent with our mission of Serving Others, we are excited to provide these organizations with funding to further literacy and education across the communities we call home," said Todd Vasos, Dollar General's CEO. "It is always so exciting to see the true and meaningful impact the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has on both children and adults looking to improve their lives through literacy."

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is proud to support initiatives that help others improve their lives through literacy and education. Since its inception in 1993, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded more than $120 million in grants to nonprofit organizations, helping more than 7.3 million individuals take their first steps toward literacy or continued education.

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 as part of the company's mission of Serving Others for over 20 years. Since its inception in 1993, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded more than $120 million in grants to nonprofit organizations, helping more than 7.3 million individuals take their first steps toward literacy or continued education. For more information about the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and its grant programs, visit the Dollar General Literacy Foundation (opens new window) website.

About Dollar General Corporation

Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) has been delivering value to shoppers for over 75 years through its mission of Serving Others. Dollar General helps shoppers Save time. Save money. Every day! ^® by offering products that are frequently used and replenished, such as food, snacks, health and beauty aids, cleaning supplies, clothing for the family, housewares and seasonal items at low everyday prices in convenient neighborhood locations. Dollar General operates 12,483 stores in 43 states, as of January 29, 2016. In addition to high quality private brands, Dollar General sells products from America's most-trusted manufacturers such as Clorox, Energizer, Procter & Gamble, Hanes, Coca-Cola, Mars, Unilever, Nestle, Kimberly-Clark, Kellogg's, General Mills, and PepsiCo. For more information on Dollar General, please visit the Dollar General (opens new window) website.