Auburn Rotary Club

VFW Post 5404, 131 E. Veterans Blvd., Auburn, next to Ray's Collision off of South College Street, will be open on Wednesdays, 8 to 11 a.m. with coffee, donuts, cake and conversation about service and benefits for all veterans and spouses to stop by.

LEE/RUSSELL COUNTY LOW VISION SUPPORT GROUP

The group meets every month on the third Wednesday from 1:30 to 3 p.m. The meeting will be held at the AIDB-Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind Opelika Regional Center on 355 Dunlop Drive in Opelika. Every month different topics are discussed to make life more manageable living with low vision.

Contact Shiquita Fulton, M.ED/Vision Rehab therapist for additional details at 334-705-2024, or Melody Wilson, case manager for the blind, at 256-3683258.

NAMI TO MEET SEPT. 17

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) East Alabama will meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the Auburn Chamber of Commerce, 714 East Glenn Ave. in Auburn.

Laura Cooper, Executive Director of the Lee County Youth Development Center and key staff members will speak on the mental health services provided to young people while they are served at the Center. The public is invited. There will be time for sharing after the program.

MomCO

Auburn Opelika

MomCo meets at Pepperell Baptist Church (2702 2nd Ave., Opelika) on the first and third Thursdays of each month. The group meets mornings at 9 a.m. and evenings at 5:30 p.m.

Upcoming meeting dates: Sept. 5 & 19, Oct. 3 & 17, Nov. 7 & 21 and Dec. 5. Contact Rachel Elrod at (706) 244-5620 or Pastor Zac Gardner at (334) 745-3108 for more information.

Martha Henk, Executive Director of the Food Bank of East Alabama was a recent guest of the Opelika Lions Club. The Food Bank has purchased a lot at 1600 First Ave. in response to increased demand from those in need of their services, and to provide a dignified process for those seeking a helping hand. Funds are being raised to construct a facility at this location to replace the one currently in use at 3810C Pepperell Parkway. Over 23,000 individuals live in food-insecure households in the Opelika/Auburn area. The Food Bank attempts to address this concerning statistic in our state. Henk was presented by Lion Gayron Davis.