Eighth-grade MERIT students visited Thomas County Central High School to deliver blankets and socks they had collected for the high school’s annual Shop with a Yellow Jacket (SWAY-J) event. The middle school students 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.

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

The students toured the high school and heard the student body president encourage participation in SWAY-J next year.