Where can children study for a couple of hours after school and they have some fun for a couple of hours without parents having to watch over them? Nowhere right now, but they will in October when the Boys & Girls Club of White County begins at Meadowlawn Elementary School, if everything goes as planned.

In the middle of July, the club was accepted as a branch of the Lyn Treece Boys and Girls Club of Tippecanoe County. The following week the club received its first significant donation. Chris and Heather Overmeyer donated $10,000 and became the first founder of the club.

"We’re happy to have any donation," said organizer Jennifer Ousley. "You can fund a child for $10."

And donations is what the club needs before it can open its doors in October. "We must raise $35,000 before we can open the door," said Ousley. (Read more in the next issue the Monticello Magazine, which will come out in September)