Students from public elementary schools across Springfield got to shop for new clothes, pillows, food and personal hygiene items Saturday.
The 11th Care to Learn Event, called Shop with a Hero, allowed 185 Springfield Public Schools students to spend more than $100 each. The event is typically held each year on the first Saturday in February.
Staff at each SPS elementary school chose five students with identified health, hunger and hygiene needs to participate in the special event. Those staff members, joined by Governor Mike Kehoe and his wife, Claudia, at the North Kansas Walmart, helped families shop.
Care to Learn founder Doug Pitt, Governor Kehoe, SPS Superintendent Dr. Grenita Lathan and Care to Learn CEO Krystal Simon spoke before shoppers headed into the store. Pitt thanked everyone involved, including participants…