GALLERY: Sheriff’s Junior Cadet volunteers and other groups host BINGO and tablet distribution
Published 10:27 am Friday, June 17, 2022
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The Adams County Community Safe Room at 323 Liberty Road was a hotspot for BINGO lovers, especially seniors 65 years young and up. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office’s Junior Cadet Academy collaborated with the federal Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and a number of local organizations to host a free electronic tablet giveaway and Bingo at the Safe Room on Thursday, to which hundreds of people showed up. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat
At Thursday’s event, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center displayed an information tunnel that lists reasons to have a regular colonoscopy.
When called on, program attendees went to a table in the saferoom to receive their free tablet from the ACP.
Peggy Scales announces BINGO numbers at Thursday’s Bingo in the Adams County Safe Room.
Scales reads a winning card during BINGO.
Ethel Harper receives a prize for having a winning card during BINGO on Thursday at the Adams County Safe Room.
The Adams County Community Safe Room at 323 Liberty Road was a hotspot for BINGO lovers, especially seniors 65 years young and up.
The Adams County Sheriff’s Office’s Junior Cadet Academy collaborated with the federal Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and a number of local organizations to host a free electronic tablet giveaway and Bingo at the Safe Room on Thursday, to which hundreds of people showed up.
When called on, program attendees went to a table in the saferoom to receive their free tablet from the ACP. The tablets were free to anyone who is at least 18 years old; receives some type of federal benefit such as Medicaid, SNAP, SSI or WIC; or meets the program’s income requirements with a household income of less than $90,000 per year.