Sumter SOUL Summit held at Sumter High School - Americus Times-Recorder

Sumter SOUL Summit held at Sumter High School - Americus Times-Recorder

Sumter Organizations United for Literacy, known as SOUL, met on the campus of Sumter County High School. Bari Geeslin helped write the 21rst Century After School Grant for the Middle School and High School. Known as the Beyond the Bell 21rst Century Program in Sumter, the grant provides $1.6 million over the next five years for afterschool and weekend programs. “That funding was frozen until just recently.” The program provides 112 days of after…