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Employees of Iconex are required to – but have a say in how they contribute to their community.
This week, representatives of the local Iconex plant delivered a $10,000 check to the Head Start center in Webb City.
“To let your employees vote on it is so cool,” said Leisa Harnar, the Head Start director for Jasper, Barton, Newton and McDonald counties.
Karla Hess, human resources manager, was one of the Iconex employees delivering the big check. She said Head Start was chosen because it was a help to the children of some of the employees.
“They wanted to pick something meaningful to them; something that changed their lives,” said Hess.
Iconex (which purchased Cenveo) is a specialty printer known especially for long-run forms and labels. Its location here is on the northeast corner of Industrial Road (Oronogo Street) and Enterprise Avenue in the Joplin-Webb City Industrial Park.
“You may not know this, but $10,000 is a lot of money to us,” Harnar said as she thanked the visiting Iconex employees. To be chosen is a “humbling experience.”
She said the $10,000 will, among other things, help fulfill teachers’ wish lists of materials they need for their classes.
The Webb City Head Start Early Childhood Center cares for prenatal moms and children from newborn to age 5. Children 0 to 3 years of age are cared for all day, if necessary, while parents are at work.
Older children are in preschool.
About 60 children are served at Webb City Head Start. Depending on family income, they attend for free.
It is located at 300 N. College St., next to Hatten Park, in what was originally the Webb City Lions Club building.
Harnar acknowledges Head Start is undergoing change nationwide as President Donald Trump’s administration recently proposed to ease regulations to cut costs and educate more children.
Regardless of the changes, Harnar says the Head Start focus will continue to be getting “ready for school – equal to their peers.”
The Webb City Head Start Early Childhood Center cares for prenatal moms and children from newborn to age 5. Children 0 to 3 years of age are cared for all day, if necessary, while parents are at work.
Older children are in preschool.
About 60 children are served at Webb City Head Start. Depending on family income, they attend for free.
It is located at 300 N. College St., next to Hatten Park, in what was originally the Webb City Lions Club building.
Harnar acknowledges Head Start is undergoing change nationwide as President Donald Trump’s administration recently proposed to ease regulations to cut costs and educate more children.
Regardless of the changes, Harnar says the Head Start focus will continue to be getting “ready for school – equal to their peers.”
