Members of the Meridian Board of Realtors Directors and Community Projects toured the Boys and Girls Club and met with Ricky Hood, Jacqueline Ball and Linda Lavalais to experience “a day in the life” of the kids at the club.

The local club does an amazing job with these kids, but the visitors noticed a few needs. One being, books.

In the public school system students are required to read a certain number of books each quarter. They acquire Accelerated Reader points for the books they read and it is counted as part of their grade. This is hard to do when books are limited. The Boys and Girls Club has a library but needs help filling it with more books.

Meridian Board of Realtors will be accepting monetary donations and using it to purchase scholastic readers for all age levels. Checks can be made payable to MBR. Scholastic readers will be accepted, too. 

Another need is school supplies. Donations can be brought to the Christmas Luncheon on Dec. 13, dropped off at the board office or with any Community Projects Committee member. Those members include: Aimee Lacy, Carol McElroy, JoAnn McPherson, Sarita Rainey, Sharon Pompelia, Beverly Odom and Laurie Cobb.

The MBR office is located at 4927 Highway 493. For more information, call 601-485-7113.

Meridian Exchange Club news

Meridian Exchange Club recently entertained District 2 Supervisor Wayman Newell, who presented a program about Lauderdale County. Wayman was the guest of local attorney Leonard Cobb. The club also recently presented a check to

The club also recently presented a check to Elizabeth Graham, executive director of Wesley House in Meridian. The exchange club’s national project is prevention of child abuse. The local club has supported the work of Wesley House for many years.

Suzanne Marshall writes the Neighbors column for The Meridian Star. Submit items to editor@themeridianstar.com.