To attempt ensuring every student has access to healthy meals, the Richmond R-XVI School District hosted its inaugural raffle for Meal Applications. The prizes up for grabs included a Sony PS5 Video Game Console and a 65” Vizio Smart TV, aiming to encourage more students to participate in the meal program. The event was available to every family that submitted an application and took place at the District Central Office on October 9th. Jaxx Hicks, a fifth-grade student at Sunrise Elementary, and Memphis Williams, a first-grade student at Dear Elementary, were chosen at random to receive the raffle prizes. The Richmond R-XVI District sponsored the raffle to encourage more school families to participate in the free and reduced meal application program. “We wanted to bring more attention to the application program that is available to families in all school districts statewide,” said Richmond R-XVI District Assistant Superintendent Dr. Trey Cavanah. “Dr. Bryan Copple, District…