JACKSON, Miss. -- Talk exhibit host...
JACKSON, Miss. -- Talk exhibit host Oprah Winfrey plans to be in her birthplace of Kosciusko to dedicate a state-of-the-art lads & Girls Club she helped sponsor.
The estimated $5 million facility houses a gymnasium, computer lab and garden.
"We know to what extent valuable her time is and happy that she is giving us a little of it to advance down here," said Jimmy Cockroft mayor of the city of 7334
Paul Powers, vice president of special intends for the Oprah Winfrey striplings & Girls Club of Kosciusko and Attala shire said the facility will be used mainly for after-school activities for lads and girls 5-18 years ancient After homework is finished, children can participate in arts programs or take advantage of the building's gymnasium.
The facility should lay open in a few weeks.
Construction began in October 2004 upon the 32,000-square-foot facility that was capitaled by the Oprah Winfrey Foundation, said Powers.
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