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Bobby Bones partners with Dollar General to surprise Arkansas students with $50K donation & new books

What happened

Dollar General, through its Literacy Foundation, donated $50,000 to the Mountain Pine School District in Arkansas to support the district's literacy programs.

Source

Article excerpt

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Award-winning radio personality and Arkansas native Bobby Bones made a surprise visit to his alma mater, Mountain Pine School District, alongside the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. On Friday, September 11, Bones visited both Mountain Pine High School and Elementary to surprise the district with a $50,000 donation from Dollar General and over 700 new books from Bobby Bones and iHeartRadio. The donation from Dollar General's Reading Revolution program aims to support the district's literacy programs. These funds can be used to purchase books, technology programs, computers, and other educational supplies.

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Event
Investment

What this signalsAn investment often shows where the company plans to grow.

Amount named
$50K
Takes effect
Sep 11, 2026
Location
Arkansas, United States
Round
Grant
Financing type
Grant

Companies

  • Mountain Pine School DistrictRelated companympsdrd.com

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Numbers

Amount named in the story
$50K

Extraction

Confidence
90%
Detected
Sep 11, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
invests_into

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  "signal_type": "news",
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  "company": {
    "name": "Dollar General",
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  },
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    "excerpt": "Award-winning radio personality and Arkansas native Bobby Bones made a surprise visit to his alma mater, Mountain Pine School District, alongside the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. On Friday, September 11, Bones visited both Mountain Pine High School and Elementary to surprise the district with a $50,000 donation from Dollar General and over 700 new books from Bobby Bones and iHeartRadio. The donation from Dollar General's Reading Revolution program aims to support the district's literacy programs. These funds can be used to purchase books, technology programs, computers, and other educational supplies.",
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    "planning": false,
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  }
}

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