(Murfreesboro) Rutherford County government and Board of Education employees packed over 55,000 Meals of Hope on Saturday (3/18/2023). More than 150 volunteers gathered in groups to pack fortified pasta with tomato sauce that will be distributed to various non-profit organizations, food banks, charities, and ministries across Rutherford County.
Emily Cox, who helps facilitate the meal-packing events, said, “When we learned that one in six children in Tennessee face hunger every day, .
Overcrowding was the main topic at last week’s Rutherford County Schools Board of Education meeting, with capacity vs. enrollment given for each of the district’s middle and high schools.
“Be awesome today.”Three simple, yet powerful words Dr. Letoni Murry ends with every single morning as he wraps up the daily announcements at Stewarts Creek Middle School.“It's another way of saying, all we have is today and let's make the most of what we have,” Murry explained. “We don't know what's going to happen tomorrow, so we take advantage of that day and try to be as awesome as we can.”Schools were recently closed on November 11 in observance of Vetera .