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Wal-Mart gift to UWG
August
17, 2005
CARROLLTON, GA - The University of West Georgia’s Developmental and Diagnostic Reading Clinic received a boost with a $1,000 gift from Walmart.com, an Internet service for Wal-Mart customers.
The UWG reading clinic provides graduate and undergraduate education students a place to train in classroom instruction. Teachers also use the clinic for assistance in developing reading programs and strategies for their students. Services are also available to children, teenagers and adults who have difficulty reading.
Wal-Mart’s first direct-to-the consumer facility opened in Carrollton in 2002 and the gift to the UWG clinic is part of the corporation’s community outreach.
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