This year's Mr. and Miss Merry Christmas campaign raised $20,232.78 for the Share Your Christmas program, which this year helped 103 families and more than 300 children with Christmas presents. Front row, from left: freshman Gracie Maher, senior Emerson Grossman, Jill LeCompte, sophomore Miss Merry Christmas Tyra Sturgell, junior Jayla Cota, 2022 Miss Merry Christmas Gewndylan Harmon and 2022 Mr. Merry Christmas Logan Wingo. Back row: freshman Carlos Barrientos, sophomore Trevis Moore, senior Mr. Merry Christmas Malachi Vincent and junior Talen Reed. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com
Sophomore Tyra Sturgell is crowned Miss Merry Christmas by last year’s winner, now-sophomore Gwendylan Harmon, helped by sophomore Layla Bailey, right. Looking on at left is senior Emerson Grossman. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com
Mr. and Miss Merry Christmas this year were named on Friday at Cassville High School, with senior Malachi Vincent and sophomore Tyra Sturgell earning the crowns. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com
Jill LeCompte, representing Share Your Christmas, explains the program to Cassville students and thanks them for participating in fundraising during the Mr. and Miss Merry Christmas crowning assembly at Cassville High School on Friday. To students from each grade level raise money for the program in December, with the boy and girl who raised the most named Mr. and Miss Merry Christmas. Share Your Christmas delivered gifts to 103 low-income families and more than 300 children this year. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com
