Dixie Shrader, Executive Director, and Sheila Pate, Inspector, and backpack supply coordinator, of the Polk County Housing Authority, accepted a check from Scott Brown, Manager of Mena Walmart, to purchase school supplies for students living in the housing authority. The $1,000 grant was awarded through the Walmart Foundation and will be used to purchase backpacks and school supplies for all students living within the county’s several housing authorities, including Mena, Hatfield, Cove, Wickes, and Acorn. The students can be attending any grade, including high school and college.
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Jeri Pearson
Jeri is the News Director for Pulse Multi-Media and Editor of The Polk County Pulse. She has 10 years of experience in community focused journalism and has won multiple press association awards.

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