THE FOUNDATION SERVED THE CARTHAGE R-9 SCHOOL DISTRICT'S APPROXIMATELY 4,882 STUDENTS THROUGH MONIES GIVEN TO THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS FOR EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, AND SUPPORT OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT BENEFITED THE STUDENTS OF THE DISTRICT IN SOME WAY. THE FOUNDATION ALSO GIVES APPROXIMATELY 82 SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS EACH YEAR WHO ARE GOING ON TO ATTAIN HIGHER EDUCATION AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.