Paris, Tenn.- The community once again came out in force to donate items to help the Paris Rotary Club’s raise money and food for the Paris Special School District’s Weekend Backpack program.
Rotary Club members fanned out to nine area grocery stores including Walmart, Lakeway IGA, Kroger, Cash-Savers, and the Paris Dollar General Stores until 3 p.m. on Saturday and collected items including boxed mac and cheese, pop tarts, cheese and crackers and more. People were also able to make a monetary donation for the program. Members from the Rotary Club said that by the end of the morning shift that the number of donations from this year’s drive raised more than double what they received last year.
Photo: From left, Dennis Updike hands Paris Rotarian Linley White several items. (Cassie Walsh photo).