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Beyond the Ozarks

Hunt Family Makes Major Investment in Region's Early Childhood Education

KUAF

Published May 30, 2019 at 4:15 PM CDT

This month, at the Early Childhood Workforce Summit, Jane Hunt Meade, the daughter of J.B. and Johnelle Hunt, announced her family will be making a $1 million investment every year for 10 years in early childhood education programs in Northwest Arkansas. The donation will be allocated through the Arkansas Community Foundation, which has put together a committee of experts to explore the best ways to deploy the funds.

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