Target chips in $150k for D.C. reading program

Retail giant Target donated $150,000 to the D.C. Reading Corps to a program that seeks to boost the literacy of elementary school students, the city announced Friday.

“The Target Reading Grant is a fine example of a public and private partnership being used to help our city continue to move forward,” Mayor Vincent Gray said in a statement. “Early childhood education is critical to the long term academic success of our young people who will one day become part of our workforce.”