Annette Beard
Registration
5:30-7 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 12
Intermediate School gym
The Boys & Girls Club is coming to Pea Ridge with an after-school care program this month.
Thanks to a $90,000 grant from the United Way, the Boys & Girls Club will provide after school care for Pea Ridge students ages 6 to fifth-grade beginning Sept. 26, according to school superintendent Rick Neal.
"This is a one-year program," Neal said, explaining that the grant will fund the program for the 2016-2017 school year and no school funds will be used.
"It's going to take at least $100,000 to sustain this. Outside funding sources must be made available," Neal said."My concern is that we as a community
General News on 09/07/2016