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In the U.S. – The Charles Evans Book FundThe Charles Evans Book Fund is a special program of ProLiteracy's National Book Fund®, which supplies local programs with adult literacy and basic education curricula and materials. The Charles Evans Book Fund is dedicated to improving the lives of people who are homeless by providing teaching materials and products to programs that serve them. The fund was established with a generous grant from the Charles Evans Foundation to honor the late Charles Evans, a businessman, movie producer, and philanthropist. Learn more about Charles Evans. Nonprofit organizations that provide adult literacy or basic education services for people who are homeless can apply for a Charles Evans Book Fund grant from ProLiteracy. Grants ranging from $3,000 to $8,000 are in the form of vouchers for teaching materials and products from ProLiteracy's publishing division, New Readers Press. Please continue to visit ProLiteracy's Web site for information about future grant opportunities available through The Charles Evans Book Fund. To learn about the materials available through The Charles Evans Book Fund, visit the New Readers Press Web site at www.newreaderspress.com or, to request a copy of a New Readers Press catalog, call 1-800-448-8878. For more information, please contact Michele Diecuch, program administrator, at mdiecuch@proliteracy.org or 315-422-9121, ext. 321.
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