Cape Noon Optimists donate $1,000 to Care to Learn

For thousands of kids in Missouri, school isn’t just a place for learning. It’s a shelter. A kitchen. A refuge from suffering. For these kids, hygiene needs go unmet. Meals are few. And clothes rarely fit. They come to school distracted by hunger and limited by embarrassment—their education an afterthought to survival. It’s for these kids that Care to Learn was created.

The Mission of Care to Learn is to provide immediate funding to meet emergent needs in the areas of health, hunger and hygiene so every student can be successful in school. A toothbrush. A coat. Deodorant. Breakfast. These are the things that stand between children and belonging—basic unmet needs that cause pain and embarrassment.

The Cape Noon Optimists recently donated $1,000.00 to Care to Learn and designated their donation for the Cape Girardeau Chapter. Pictured above from the Noon Optimists (from left to right) are Virgil Jones, Danny Dohogne (Club President), Skip Heisserer, Doug Lester and Kevin Gerlach. Also pictured is Callie Welker, the Cape Girardeau Chapter President for Care to Learn. Optimist International is a worldwide volunteer organization made up of more than 2,500 local Clubs whose Members work each day to make the future brighter by bringing out the best in children, in their communities and in themselves.