Boyd PattersonHOW TO HELP
Donations to the Chattanooga Gang Task Force can be made to the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga. Donations must be marked “Gang Task Force,” and may be dropped off at the foundation office at 1270 Market St.
The Chattanooga Gang Task Force’s literacy initiative is getting a boost.
Chattanooga law firm Miller and Martin on Wednesday gave the task force money to help provide learning software at a local recreation center. The donation is an investment in Chattanooga’s future, according to Miller and Martin Chairman Jim Haley.
The software, the Lexia Literacy Program, is already in place at the Bethlehem Center in Alton Park, and the donation will allow it to be implemented in another location, most likely in East Chattanooga, said Boyd Patterson, gang task force coordinator.
Addressing community literacy is one step in easing the issues that lead many people to join gangs.