Programs: Grants: Literacy
Funded by Bridgestone/Firestone Trust Fund and Firestone Agricultural Tire Company
This grant program provides community action grants to stimulate literacy education nationwide. Grants are awarded to communities in support of ongoing literacy education programs or to stimulate new and creative youth led programs. Objectives include: expanding the number of books read per week, increasing participants level of reading, utilizing the library as a resource, and learning about different careers through reading. Older teens are encouraged to mentor with younger youth in this program.
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Recipients of the 2006 Youth In Governance/Literacy Education Grants
The following are listed by county, state, and organization, respectively:
Tanana, AK, Goldstream Valley 4-H Club
Searcy, AR, 4-H Club
Jackson, GA, Jackson County 4-H
Mercer, IL, Saddle Teens 4-H Club
Seward, KS, Seward County Extension
Macomb, MI, MSU Extension
Saline, NE, Saline County 4-H Council
Dona Ana, NM, White Sands 4-H Club
Catawba, NC, Catawba County
Adair, OK, Rocky Mountain School
Murray, OK, Murray County 4-H Program
Roger Mills, OK, Cheyenne Sr. 4-H Club
Lincoln, OR, Lincoln County 4-H
Hanover, VA, VCE - Hanover 4-H
Lincoln, WA, Lincoln County 4-H Youth Program
Milwaukee, WI, The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
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