Ada Walker, 3, of Exeter, delights in picking a pencil eraser from the Full Life Fellowship, based in Purdy, booth at the Barry County Neighborhood Center’s Back to School Extravaganza at the Family Life Center in Cassville on Thursday. A total of 192 children were outfitted with backpacks, school supplies, shoes, haircuts and other goodies from 32 community partners. Vendors and donors included: Barry Electric; Mercy Hospital, Cassville; Cassville Dispensary; Wildcat Ice Cream; Cassville Cruisers; Barry County Sheriff’s Office; Cassville Nazarene Church; MU Extension Office; Access Family Care; Lions Club, Monett; Southern Touch Image; Cassville Branch Library; Courage2Report; Service One FCU; Cassville United Methodist Church; Totally Awesome Barber Shop; Full Life Fellowship, Purdy; Freedom Bank; Arvest Bank; First State Bank; EFCO; Dollar Tree, Cassville; Angel & Co; White Funeral Home; First Baptist Church; Jack Henry; Fohn Funeral Home; Masons, Cassville; David & Laura Cochran; A&B Inflatables; Cassville Democrat; Chariots of Grace. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville- democrat.com
