By Sydni Moore
Headliner News
Care to Learn-Nixa is celebrating
after 2018’s Boots & Bling
event. The event raised $29,617.82
through ticket sales and the night’s
activities to help meet the health,
hunger, and hygiene needs of Nixa
students.
“This is our largest fundraiser,”
Care to Learn-Nixa Liaison Annie
Zimmerman said. She expressed
her thanks to all who contributed.
Many people in Nixa may not
realize the number of students
who are in need. There are over
2,000 students that receive free
or reduced lunches, and many of
those same students need assistance
with clothing, glasses, shoes,
or dental or medical needs. Care
to Learn is a great way to quickly
meet those needs.
If a student doesn’t have shoes
that fit or are worn out or doesn’t
have food to eat, then they aren’t
going to learn when the come to
school. Care to Learn takes away
that barrier by making sure they
have their basic needs met so
learning can take place.
“I definitely want to recognize
our planning committee. We had a
group of about 5 to 10 people that
really worked hard on this event to
make it happen,” Zimmerman said.
In addition, she expressed appreciation
for the event’s sponsors:
Austin Orthodontics, Nixa Dental,
the O’Reilly Family Foundation,
Ozark Bank and MacPherson Law.
Other businesses gave gift cards
and other items as part of the
event’s raffle packages, live auction
and gift card pull.
“We did five different raffles. Each
of our raffle packages were valued
between $250 and $500,” Zimmerman
said. “Live auction items
were valued at $600 or more.”
The event also led to the addition
of 25 new members for Care
to Learn’s Backpack Buddies
program, which provides food for
students to take home during
weekends. Some of the event’s
profits will also go toward the same
program and Care to Learn’s food
pantries at Nixa Junior High and
the high school.
If you would like to help support
Care to Learn Nixa, contact anniezimmerman@
nixaschools.net.
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