Church Fills Need at Schools -- Congregation Passes Offering Plate's $20k to Teacher Grants

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A grant program designed to aid DeSoto County teachers got a major boost Tuesday in the form of a late Christmas present.

Life Fellowship Church of Olive Branch donated $20,000 - half of its offering on one of the weekends preceding Christmas - to the DeSoto County Economic Development Council's Classroom Teacher Grant Program, helping jump-start giving for this year's drive to fund teacher grants. The grants will be distributed during an Excellence in Education awards ceremony in September.

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Church Fills Need at Schools -- Congregation Passes Offering Plate's $20k to Teacher Grants

"We were discussing ways to give back," said Michael Baier, an associate pastor, "and as we talked, we almost s...

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