Oakville Elementary School is the recipient of a $3,000 grant from the Target Corporation to provide early reading intervention for Oakville’s kindergarten, first, and second grade students.
“We appreciate Target’s support of public education,” said Debra Bowling, Oakville Elementary School principal. “With the help of the grant, we are able to train teachers and purchase materials to implement a research-based reading intervention for our students, grades K – 2. It is our belief that early intervention is key to building strong independent readers. Target’s commitment to education enables schools like ours to provide additional interventions for our young students. It is businesses like Target that make our community a great place to live and work.”
This grant is part of the ongoing support Target provides to local communities throughout the country. Every week Target gives more than $2 million to strengthen families and communities across the nation, with a focus on education, the arts, social services and other vital community partnerships.
“At Target, we are making a real difference every day through our grantmaking program,” said Laysha Ward, vice president of community relations. “We’re proud to partner with Oakville Elementary School as part of our ongoing commitment to give back to the communities where our guests and team members live and work.”
Additionally, Target also gives back through signature programs that are designed to inspire learning in children and families. Programs include:
· Take Charge of Education, a school fundraising program;
· Ready. Sit. Read!, a program dedicated to fostering a life-long love of reading in children;
· Start Something, a partnership between Target and Tiger Woods Foundation, which helps kids build core values;
· Target House, which serves as a home away from home for families of children receiving life-saving treatment at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, and;
· Target Volunteers, where Target team members and retirees annually donate more than 300,000 hours of time to more than 7,500 community-based projects.