4 groups recognized for language efforts

Grants totaling $25,000 have been given to these four groups. We need more organizations doing this work. - - Donna Poisl

Vindy.com staff report

YOUNGSTOWN — The International Institute Foundation of Youngstown Inc. has rewarded four city organizations for work promoting English as a second language and for preserving the culture of local ethnic communities.

Before 1985, the foundation was an agency that also taught English to immigrants and helped them become accustomed to living in the Mahoning Valley, said Paul Dutton, president of the foundation.

“The organizations which we have funded further the core mission of the International Institute Foundation,” he said.
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