Finley Stensrud, 9, of Washburn, may have grimaced at the clippers but left the chair school-ready after receiving a haircut from Richard Reed, with Awesome Barbershop in Butterfield, at the Barry County Neighborhood Center’s Back to School Extravaganza at the Family Life Center in Cassville on Thursday. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com
Serenity Calderon, 5, excitedly accepted a helping hand from her mother, Aisha Calderon, of Monett, in picking out a free book at the Cassville Branch Library booth at the Barry County Neighborhood Center’s Back to School Extravaganza at the Family Life Center in Cassville on Thursday. Kyle Troutman/ktrout-man@ cassville-democrat.comAda 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.comCassville First United Methodist Church Pastor Jeff Fugitt, left, had his hands busy unhooking catches by David Lyons, 10, and his brother, Damian Lyons, 7, both of Cassville, at the church’s booth at the Barry County Neighborhood Center’s Back to School Extravaganza at the Family Life Center in Cassville on Thursday. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat. comPaityn Reed, 9, of Seligman, picked purple for her free sno cone flavoring, provided by Wildcat Ice Cream at the Barry County Neighborhood Center’s Back to School Extravaganza at the Family Life Center in Cassville on Thursday. Kyle Troutman/ktrout-man@ cassville-democrat.comA total of 192 children were outfitted with backpacks, school supplies, shoes, haircuts and other goodies from 32 community partners at the Barry County Neighborhood Center’s Back to School Extravaganza at the Family Life Center in Cassville on Thursday. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville- democrat.com
