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T-Mobile grants $50K to McDonald County chamber

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T-Mobile issued a $50,000 grant to the McDonald County Chamber of Commerce in southwest Missouri.

The funds are earmarked for Commerce Coffee, a student-run coffee shop that's housed in the chamber's building. It's operated by McDonald County High School business students.

“I could list a hundred ways why it’s important to the students’ education to have this coffee shop,” said Kristy Gilgen, McDonald County High School business teacher. “It’s a higher level of learning. You can sit in a classroom and take notes all day long, but until you have to do it, you don’t really learn it.”

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