Target Corporation Awards Sustaining Grant to Cedar Falls Public Safety

To help promote classroom literacy, Target Corporation has once again awarded Cedar Falls Public Safety a grant to sustain an annual reading program with area elementary schools. The grant money is used to purchase a book for every kindergarten student in Cedar Falls. Cedar Falls officers are visiting classrooms through April 29 to do a storytime reading of the book, A Day in the Life of a Police Officer by Richard Scarry, before presenting each student with their own copy. The grant is part of ongoing efforts by Target to strengthen families and communities. Since opening its doors, Target has given five percent of its income to organizations that support education, the arts, safe families, and communities. This five percent translates into more than three million dollars per week.