Announcement Literacy Grant Awarded
Awendaw Regional Outreach Center, (AROC) Receives A Grant for its DGLF-Adult Literacy 2024-2025
About the Award:
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation recognizes the important role AROC plays in the lives of teachers, students and family in Adult Literacy "The Greater Good Project".
It is a testament to our commitment to improve the health, educational attainment, and human welfare of at-risk youth, young adult and family in Charleston and Berkely Counties through Literacy programming.
Key Achievements:
To create access and opportunities for adults to learn, provide direct services to adults in need of literacy assistance in English Language Acquistion, adult education Instruction, GED or high school equivalency preparation for high school completion, graduation with a diploma.ng access and opportunity for adults to learn.
Adult student survey provides relevant data or statistical results to have a brighter future for the greater good.
Quotes:
Bettye Simmons-Weeks CEO/Founder, Executive Director at Awendaw Regional Outreach Center, (AROC):
“Receiving the Dollar General Literacy Foundation Grant is a tremendous, monumental honor for me because I am not a professional grant writer. It reflects the hard work and dedication of our mission to provide a service that it needs for our community from AROC’s infancy.”
One of my favorites Quotes by Dr. Myles Munroe
The substance of life is finding God’s purpose and fulfilling it. Until you do that you are not really living. Purpose is that dream that won’t leave you, the passion that won’t quit, the idea that is consistent and persistent and won’t go away.
“We are thrilled to be recognized for our contributions to our community.” We will continue to target adult students who did not complete high school to feel capable to achieve to build / rebuild self-confidence in self-worth for the Greater Good.
Future Goals:
· AROC will continue to build programs to improve lives in literacy for our community and families in order to continue making a positive impact.
Finding out what is needed and continue to build program and services to improve lives through literacy programming.
We will be hosting its Quarterly Greater Good Summit with two speakers to kick start the program to include theme "The Greater Good Inside You."
There is greatest on the inside of YOU!!
