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Local literacy organization receives $1 million

The Columbia Basin Trust will continue its partnership with the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy.

The Trust has agreed to put up another $1 million over two years to support literacy programs.

Alliance executive director Ali Wassing says it’s greatly appreciated.

Wassing says the Trust’s contribution accounts for about a quarter of their total funding.

The non-profit delivers literacy programming in 77 communities across the Columbia Basin.

Greg Nesteroff
Greg Nesteroff
Greg has been working in West Kootenay news media off and on since 1998. When he's not on the air, he's busy writing about local history. He has recently published a book about the man who founded the ghost town of Sandon.

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