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Creating a brighter future for

Colquitt County

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”

Abraham Lincoln

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Our Vision

​To create a brighter, more productive future for all of Colquitt County’s children and to promote an engaged learning environment in which students, teachers and the community’s business and civic leaders are all invested.

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Our Mission

Colquitt County Educational Foundation exists to increase the literacy rates of Colquitt County children and youth through mentoring and support of educational innovation in the classroom and the community; and to ensure a quality workforce pipeline in Colquitt County, Georgia.

Our Challenge

  • 85% of of school curriculum following 3rd grade is learned by reading.
     

  • But, Georgia Milestones 2018-2019 reports only 37.3% of Colquitt County 3rd graders are reading on or above grade level.
     

  • Per a study by Yale, 75% of students not reading at grade level by the end of 3rd grade will NEVER catch up.

Our Plan

  • Create an early childhood literacy mentoring program, in partnership with local schools, to emphasize reading assistance in grades K-3.
     

  • Model our efforts from the successes of Bibb County’s United Way Read United program.
     

  • Build local support in the form of volunteers, staff, and donors to advance our mission.

The Future Starts with Us.

“This is a great program! I think the 
adults enjoy it as much as the kids. 
It’s a great way to give back.”

Clint Horne, Mentor since 2021

Supporters & Partners

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Leadership Team

Judd Lasseter, Chair
Lasseter Equipment Co.

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Jessica Rivenbark, Vice Chair

Colquitt Regional Medical Center

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Mary Beth Watson, Treasurer
Southern Regional Technical College

 

Anne Swartzentruber, Secretary

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Get In Touch

Colquitt County Educational Foundation
PO Box 3355 | Moultrie, GA 31776

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dale.rickett@brightercolquitt.org


 

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