Submitted by Walter Mathis, Shelby County Tuskegee Alumni Club
Members of the Shelby County Tuskegee Alumni Club at their Christmas Social.
On Dec. 16, the Shelby County Tuskegee Alumni Club hosted their Annual Christmas Social at the Hampton Inn & Suites.
The club honored a Shelby County family, who are fostering a boy and a girl. The family was presented with gifts, which included a gift from the Highway 280/119 Starbucks and gift cards from the club membership.
President William Mathis and Chairperson Anthony Weston welcomed Donald Shiver, membership director for the Greystone YMCA, and other guests.
Club members in attendance: Walt and Lydia Mathis, Gina Waldrop, Richard Mathis, Sheila Mitchell and Mellody Haynes. In addition, current Tuskegee University students Kaci Coleman, Asia Bradford, Kennedy Foster, Courtney Sims, Dimitri Davis and Kevin Jackson Jr. took part in the celebration.
Special invitations were extended to area high school students. Ayanna Gamble from Thompson High School and Richa Smith from Bessemer Academy all are planning to attend the university in fall 2019.
Submitted by Walter Mathis, Shelby County Tuskegee Alumni Club
