The community has been really supportive of the whole project, so we want to give back to the community that way.

He said they were one of the nicest groups of kids he ever met.

No big ceremony. I just want to get this thing started.

Our main goal is to try and ease new members into the community as best we can. If we show that Meridian is willing to accept new members at every level, then they can start lives off as they normally would. We want to give them the option to choose Meridian as their new home instead of them being forced to,

We think we can raise that from a community that's already been so generous -- we think we can raise that and more,

The donations are just fabulous. We're so fortunate to have all these things re-gifted to the community.