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The Jenks Center has been given a $150,000 grant by the Cummings Foundation to provide services for Mandarin speakers.
Chinese residents make up 18% of town residents, many of whom are immigrants from China with little knowledge of English.
Jenks Director Phillip Beltz said the funds will be used to hire a teacher of English as a second language, and also to translate the Jenks newsletter and website into Mandarin.
“We’re also planning to have the instructor teach our staff some basic Mandarin,” he says.
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