Care To Learn
If you knew $20 or maybe $50 is what separates a child from hurting, you wouldn't hesitate to help. Thousands of kids in the Ozarks have serious needs - and Care To Learn is the way you can help our kids by helping meet physical needs and restoring the respect they should have.

Mission Statement
Care To Learn provides immediate funding and action to meet any emergent health - hunger - hygiene issue a child might have; addressing a physical need, restoring respect, and getting that child back in the classroom.

"Care To Learn is about funding emergency needs related to hunger, health, and hygiene. A kid comes to school with a need and they are taken care of ASAP; restoring self worth and getting them back in the classroom."

Doug Pitt, Founder
Care To Learn

St. John's Clinic Force for Good Makes Donation
St. John’s Clinic physicians and co-workers presented a $50,000 check to the Foundation for Springfield Public Schools’ Care to Learn fund Dec. 16. Read More

Panera Bread Designates Care To Learn Beneficiary of Annual Run
The Annual Panera Bread Run has teamed up with Care To Learn to present the Panera Bread Care To Run April 25th. Read More

47% of Students in Springfield Public Schools qualified for free or reduced price lunches in 2008.

Over 80% of Students qualified for free and reduced lunch programs in 11 Springfield Elementary Schools in 2008.

The number of students missing school because of a lack of grooming & hygiene products, transportation, and incidental school fees is increasing.

Students that develop poor attendance habits carry this attendance pattern into the workplace later in life.

About Foundation for Springfield Public Schools

 The Foundation for Springfield Public Schools is a non-profit 
 organization that raises, manages and distributes private 
 investment to benefit students of Springfield Public Schools.

 The Foundation distributes money through scholarships and 
 grants. In 2007, the Foundation awarded 94 grants and 
 scholarships to 37 different  schools.