Funded by Bridgestone/Firestone Trust Fund and Firestone Agricultural Tire Company

This grant program provides community action grants to stimulate literacy education nationwide. Grants are awarded to communities in support of ongoing literacy education programs or to stimulate new and creative youth-led programs. Objectives include: expanding the number of books read per week, increasing participants level of reading, utilizing the library as a resource, and learning about different careers through reading. Older teens are encouraged to mentor with younger youth in this program.

Recipients of the 2006 Youth In Governance/Literacy Education Grants

The following are listed by county, state, and organization, respectively:

• Tanana, AK, Goldstream Valley 4-H Club
• Searcy, AR, 4-H Club
• Jackson, GA, Jackson County 4-H
• Mercer, IL, Saddle Teens 4-H Club
• Seward, KS, Seward County Extension
• Macomb, MI, MSU Extension
• Saline, NE, Saline County 4-H Council
• Dona Ana, NM, White Sands 4-H Club
• Catawba, NC, Catawba County
• Adair, OK, Rocky Mountain School
• Murray, OK, Murray County 4-H Program
• Roger Mills, OK, Cheyenne Sr. 4-H Club
• Lincoln, OR, Lincoln County 4-H
• Hanover, VA, VCE - Hanover 4-H
• Lincoln, WA, Lincoln County 4-H Youth Program
• Milwaukee, WI, The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System