GVSM Foundation Donates to Downtown Optimist Club of Meridian

DTOC Member Brittney Kennedy and President Dan Derrington accept a $1000 gift given annually by the G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Foundation to the Downtown Optimist Club of Meridian.

The Downtown Optimist Club supports youth programs in the Meridian and Lauderdale communities and has done so since 1941. Sonny Montgomery was a long time member of this local organization and his influence is still felt and remembered by club members.