Next Chapter Literacy Fund

This fund supports grants to promote a deeper understanding and teaching of literacy, to enrich instructional programs, to provide opportunities to link literacy between the home and the school, and to lay foundations that will develop life-long readers. Annually, at least two book vending machines are also supported by this fund for area elementary schools. The fund also grants to area libraries annually. Click here to donate.

2025 Next Chapter Literacy Fund grant recipients:

$7,520 to DeLand-Weldon CUSD #57 for vending machine and books
$7,265 to Sullivan Elementary School for vending machine and books
$1,000 to Goose Creek Library for books
$ 500 to Hope Welty Library for books
$ 500 to Montessori Academy for Peace for books

2024 Next Chapter Literacy Fund grant recipients:

$14,000 to United Way of Decatur for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library
$ 8,500 to Argenta-Oreana Elementary School for vending machine and books
$ 8,500 to White Heath Elementary School for vending machine and books
$3,500 to South Shores Elementary School for additional books
$1,500 to Allerton Public Library for books
$1,000 to Parsons Elementary School for additional books
$ 500 to Hope Welty Library for books

2023 Next Chapter Literacy Fund grant recipients:

$12,992.94 to United Way of Decatur for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library
$1,000 to South Shores Elementary School for additional vending machine books
$1,000 to Parsons Elementary School for additional vending machine books
$ 750 to St. Teresa High School for library books