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In January 1993, a group of seven individuals sat at a table in the Dawsonville Pool Room to discuss forming an organization to pick up the efforts of the local Jaycee chapter’s Empty Stocking Fund. These concerned citizens agreed first on the mission of the organization and secondly on the name of the organization. The mission- to help children in Dawson County- has never changed but grown stronger each year. In 2003, the group was asked by another organization in California to cease using the name StarBright Foundation, Inc. Their charity held the national trademark for that name and both groups had similar missions. What should the new name be? The Board took the question to the Elementary schools and asked the children. From their suggestions, the name KARE for Kids, Inc. (Kids Are Really Equal) was decided upon and the mission continued.