Written by

Beth Farrah, SMT Writer

Dexter, Missouri - The Crowley Ridge Jaycees hosted a “Shoes for Students” shoe and sock drive during the holiday season and successfully donated a total of two hundred and thirty nine pairs of shoes to Stoddard County students! The Jaycees would like to thank the community for all of their support for their new club and all of their events. The shoe and sock drive took place back in December and they successfully donated the shoes to elementary students in all the schools across Stoddard County. The Jaycee members worked case by case to help pass out the shoes to each student in need at each local school.

The Jaycees are thrilled by their first charitable success as a new club and hope to continue the sock and shoe drive and that it will keep growing bigger and bigger. The club is hoping that Shoes for Students will be an annual event, if not semi-annual. All the donations given were truly valued and the help from Dexter Wal-Mart was greatly appreciated in gathering the shoes for the students.