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Carthage marks 25 years of volunteering with Day of Caring
CARTHAGE, Mo. — A Silver Jubilee in Carthage is celebrated with volunteerism.
Afterall, that's what the United Way's Day of Caring entails. Nationally, it began in 1992 as a way to connect employees of local businesses with the many agencies the United Way supports.
The Carthage Area United Way has now been a part of it for 25 years.
The volunteers we caught up with today were doing some garden work outside the 'Fair Acres Family YMCA.'
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'We have nine different partner agencies that we support, but days like today, we get to help a whole bunch of other ones that don't necessarily need out financial support, but are happy to have us come do a little bit of sweat work, which is — which is so much fun,' said Kim Bausinger, Carthage Area United Way Exec. Director.
'As a nonprofit, we only have a part-time employee who has to take care of this, over 5,000 square foot garden. All of the vegetables that we raise in this garden go towards our feeding program, where we fed 50-thousand meals last year. And, so we get to add fresh vegetables to that service, and it's just amazing of getting to do that and see those kids get fed that might not be otherwise,' said Tericia Mixon, Fair Acres Family YMCA Exec. Dir. of Operations.
Volunteers in Carthage also spent time today at Crosslines Ministries, Innovative Industries, and St. Luke's Nursing Home.
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