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Magrath Elementary partner with Community Food Pantry on fundraising initiative

Submitted by Carma Leishman Roosters Country Marketplace, our local Magrath grocery store, recently coordinated an event where Magrath Elementary School children decorated brown paper grocery bags.   Roosters then sold the decorated bags, collecting over $800 and then adding their own donation to give to the Community Food Pantry, powered by SASH: Disability Support, with a $1000 donation. The Community Food Pantry is a local… Read More »

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