December 2022

Cassville volunteers send Christmas joy overseas

Cassville-area volunteers are celebrating the collection of gift-filled shoeboxes that will send a message to children around the world: “God loves you, and you’re not forgotten.” Thousands of volunteers contributed to Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, by packing shoeboxes filled with fun toys, school supplies, and hygiene items. The global Christmas project will deliver these gifts to children in need.
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Through the years

Undoubtedly the busiest and possibly most welcome men in Cassville the week following Christmas 1972 were the duo above, Howard Fulton and Coy Cummens as they picked up discarded Christmas trees, gift wrappings and boxes at residents throughout town. Fulton said he estimated that pick-ups were twice as heavy as usual due to the Christmas holiday.
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A sea of yellow on the way

The Cassville middle school FFA recently planted 1,000 daffodils at the Cassville Area Chamber Office, made possible by a grant from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks to the Cassville Community Foundation. The grant was to plant up to 1,000 bulbs, and the Cassville Community Foundation received the full amount, then worked with the Chamber, FFA and Harvick Farms to plant the flowers and complete the landscaping.
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