(Atlantic, Iowa) – Regional and local representatives of Dollar General were in Atlantic Wednesday afternoon, to make a donation for disaster relief to the Atlantic Middle School Library. Stopping at the High School for a $10,000 check presentation, was Dollar General Southwest Iowa District Manager Howie Erickson, Regional Director Paul Vilinski, and Store Manager Robyn Sullivan, and Assistant Manager Kim Ruiz.

Erickson explained the funds are made possible through the Dollar General Literacy Foundation’s Beyond Words grant program, and will be used to help replace books that were lost during a fire and water damage at the Middle School last Summer.

(Pictured from left to right, front row:) Howie Erickson; Deb Burton; Robyn Sullivan; Kim Ruiz. (Back row:) Paul Vilinski, Steve Barber.

The Foundation, Erickson said, was established in 1993, in honor of company co-founder J.L. Turner, who only had a third-grade education.

Atlantic School District Superintendent Steve Barber said the funds will help to replace the countless number of books lost in the summer disaster. K-12 Teacher/Librarian, K-12 Reading Specialist Deb Burton said it’s been a long time since she’s been able to take an inventory.

Deb Burton said she was happy the company’s streamlined process made it easy to apply for the funds. Superintendent Steve Barber thanked Dollar General officials for their generous contribution.