The Boys & Girls Club of Marion County has been selected as a recipient of a Walmart Foundation for an Adolescent Readers grant. The grant’s purpose is to introduce youth ages 11-15 to become life long learners and to enjoy reading in their spare time.
The foundation provides excellent opportunities for children to use a literacy rich environment to make it a fun, stimulating, and life-long experience for reluctant readers and offer a variety of reading materials.
The “Walmart Foundation’s Bright Spot for Reading” is a reading center that will be totally dedicated for middle and high school members, and there will be a professional to serve as coordinator for the literacy activities, and an administrator to be the key contact with BGCA staff.