Carthage Family Literacy Council

05/15/2026

Recently, CFLC was honored to present three, $2500 scholarships to graduating seniors entering the field of elementary education. The 2026 recipients are Emeli Vargas-Trujillo, Layla Carey, and Cassandra Teed. Congratulations to these CHS graduates with a very bright future ahead of them!

We have supported many future elementary teachers with scholarships in the past and sincerely look forward to the opportunity to support more in the future. It is our joy to provide funding as a way of helping seniors accomplish the worthwhile goal of becoming an early childhood or elementary teacher and instilling a love of reading in their students.

We love to be able to pour back into the wonderful Carthage community! We, absolutely, could not do this without YOU…the community who supports our endeavors with such generosity-from donating funding for book giveaways, scholarships, supporting our fundraisers and even donating gently used books for our Little Free Libraries! “It takes a village” and we, definitely, appreciate our friends in our community! 🍁❤️
Photo Credit: Carthage R-9 School District

05/13/2026

CFLC was honored to gift classroom libraries of 25 books each to all Carthage R9 teachers K-3 this year. Funding provided by . We were excited to receive some beautiful notes of thanks! 😊📪

05/08/2026

We love receiving photos of Carthage R9 students enjoying their gift of 25 new books for their classroom library! Thank you so much, Mrs. Erin Reu - second grade teacher Elementary School - Carthage R-9 School District. We love helping to get books into the hands of children in our district! 📚
Funding for this project provided by .

05/08/2026

Thank you, teachers! Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! You are amazing and very appreciated! ❤️

05/06/2026

CFLC would like to thank our friends who answered our plea for gently used books to use in our around town. We were able to fill this little library located at Carthage R9 Early Childhood Center. We hope parents will grab an extra book or more as they pass by this little library. 📚
Donations of books are always needed and appreciated!! 😊
Drop off locations:
•Inside the red doors at Grace Episcopal Church (820 Howard Street)
•Inside SWMO Bank (south location)
•Inside the Carthage YMCA

Parents As Teachers - Carthage R9

05/04/2026

CFLC is at it again—we gifted each 1st grade teacher in Carthage R9 with 25 new books for their classroom libraries!! Funding provided through the generosity of the ! We love our partnerships with Carthage schools and businesses! Watch this space for more! 📚📚

04/24/2026

Hello friends! We are extremely low on gently used children’s books for our all over town! If you’re doing spring cleaning, we’d love to have your donations—we have boxes inside the red door at Grace Episcopal Church - Carthage, MO and Southwest Missouri Bank south location! Thanks so much!

03/27/2026

Thank you, Carthage Public Library, for being such a treasure in our community! We appreciate all you do and are proud to support your efforts to get books in the hands of children!

This group is such a blessing to the Carthage community! Their dedication of getting books in the hands of children is unmatched! Thank you!

03/27/2026

03/23/2026

03/19/2026

Raising Readers Story Time is BACK next week with Parents As Teachers - Carthage R9. For ages 0-6 and their families.