The Carthage R-9 Foundation is pleased to announce a partnership with the McCune Brooks Healthcare Foundation and Bright Futures to promote a program titled "Food For Thought".  This program will help to ensure that NO CHILDREN IN CARTHAGE GO HUNGRY.  Over the past year we have used Ozark Food Harvest to serve our students who are not receiving proper nutrition on days when school is not in session.  That has proven to be cost prohibitive.  Therefore the R-9 District has secured a building and has asked Scott Ragsdale to head the Bright Futures overseeing of our new backpack program.  In order to fund this program, the R-9 Foundation and the McCune Brooks Healthcare Foundation are planning fun events throughout summer 2013 to raise money to fund the purchase of healthy food items that will be sent home at the end of each school week with our qualifying students.

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