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– The 15th Street Child Care Development Center is participating in the Child and Adult Food Program. This will provide meals to all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals are provided at 130 S. 14th Street in West Memphis. The program will provide breakfast, lunch and a p.m. snack, Monday-Friday.

• HOME Program – Application are being taken – for ADFA’s Owner-Occupied HOME program for the residents of Earle, Arkansas. We will tear your old house down and replace it with a new house; or remove your Mobile home and replace it with a new one. You must be moderate to low income, have owned and lived in your house for at least 3 years and have debt not more that $5,000 owed on the home.

Please call Sherry Means for application and more information at 870-261-2078.

• Special Needs Advocacy Support Group – For Parents or Caregivers of children with special needs. Meetings every third Saturday at 9 a.m. at First Assembly of God Church, 573 N. Missouri St., West Memphis. For questions call Joni Medford at 901-493-0338.

• Steudlein Learning Center Accepting Applications – For the Arkansas Better Chance for School Success Program (ABC) The eligibility is based only on age, which is 3 on or before Aug. 1 and income.

Applications are available at the ABC Building at 1600 Avondale, West Memphis.

The hours of operation are 8 a.m. until 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.

• Life Enrichment After School Program – Total Deliverance Cathedral Church, 400 Commerce St., Earle, free supper and free snack Monday through Friday 3:45-5:30 p.m. and Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. for ages 2 to 18. Transportation available. 870-636-8798 or 870-792-0177.

• St. Bernard’s Senior Life Center – Over 60, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Lunch offered. Homedelivered meals available.

Sign up at 103 S. Avalon, West Memphis. Food bank for seniors 60 and over every third Thursday 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. 870-702-7738.

• Foster Grandparents Needed – Be a mentor to a child from learning to read, to one-on-one tutoring and a friend. For more information call Rose Trosper, director, Foster Grandparent Program at 870-930-2240 or 800-680- 6950 or e-mail rtropser@eaaaa.org.

• Free Breakfast – Every second Saturday of each month, 8 to 9:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Edmondson. Rev.

K.C. McKenney, pastor.

• Woolfolk Public Library – BOOKit! a book discussion group, meets every third Thursday each month at 10 a.m. Go to www.woolfolklibrary. org, or on Facebook or call 739-3238.

• AARP Needs You! – Regular meetings held every third Tuesday promptly at 11:30 a.m. at the West Memphis Utility Commission directly across the street from the West Memphis Post Office. One year memberships are available at no cost for first time attendees.

• Good Neighbor Love Center/Mid-South Food Bank – Accepting applications for bimonthly food giveaway at 709 E. Broadway, Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

• Crittenden County Quorum Court – Meets every third Tuesday at 9 a.m.

at the county courthouse in Marion.

• West Memphis Animal Shelter micro-chipping – For $25, your pet will be registered through FoundAnimals.org. Bring proof of ownership and proof of current rabies vaccination.

• Literacy Council seeking tutors – The Literacy Council of Crittenden County at ASU Mid-South is looking for adults with at least a high school diploma/GED interested in one-on-one tutoring of functionally illiterate adults.

Training provided. Call Jacki Murase at 870-733-6834 or email murase@midsouthcc.edu.

• Free GED Classes – Call to schedule a pre-test at ASU Mid-South. Adults 18 and over, call ASU Mid-South Adult Education at (870) 733-6871. Students 16-17 years old should call East Arkansas Youth Services at (870) 739-4219.

• Community Development Institute Head Start Program – Applications taken for Head Start. 870-931-1172.

To apply, call 870-400-0300, 870-400-4067, 870-792-8137 or 870-931-1172 or go by the Head Start Center at 111 Jackson or 204 Graham in West Memphis or 1124 Throgmartin in Earle.