8th grade MERIT students visited Thomas County Central High School on Thursday afternoon, December 14th, to deliver blankets and socks they had collected for the high school's annual Shop with a Yellow Jacket (SWAY J) event. The middle schoolers called their program WULY J, Warm Up a Little Yellow Jacket, with the goal of helping provide needed items for the children who would be served through SWAY J. While there, the students toured the high school, and heard the student body president encourage participation in SWAY J next year.

Middle school students also donated over 500 books for children served through the SWAY J program. Two members of the Reading Bowl team, Grayson Jones and Timothy Watson, helped to pass out books; and an eighth grade MERIT student, Jenaya Coleman, helped to pass out blankets and socks during the event.

Pictured below is Huntley Rodgers encouraging 8th grade MERIT students to participate with SWAY J next year.