GOODLETTSVILLE, Tennessee — The Dollar General Literacy Foundation announced the award of nearly $20,000 for youth literacy grants in Wisconsin that work to help students and educators reach their literacy goals throughout the academic year. 

Brodhead High School received a grant in the amount of $750. A comprehensive list of grant recipients may be found online at www.dgliteracy.org. 

These funds are aimed at supporting youth literacy programs within a 20-mile radius of a Dollar General store or distribution center across the 44 states Dollar General serves. The grants awarded to Wisconsin organizations are expected to positively impact the lives of nearly 2,000 students. 

Statewide grants are part of more than $2.8 million that the Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded. Recipients of the grants plan to use Dollar General Literacy Foundation funds to help students learn to read, prepare for the high school equivalency exam or learn English. 

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation awards grants each year to organizations located within a 20-mile radius of a Dollar General store or distribution center to further adult, summer, family and youth literacy and education initiatives in the communities that Dollar General calls home. Applications for the 2020 Dollar General Literacy Foundation grant cycle will be available on Jan. 2.