MELANY SLAUGHTER / GAZETTE-JOURNAL
The Thrifty Spot, currently located in the former Mathews Family YMCA building near the Daily Grind Coffee House and M&M Building Supply, is moving to a new location. Thrifty Spot is making the move to 8303 Buckley Hall Road, beside Country Cuts in Hudgins. The current location will close on May 22 and reopen on June 9. The Thrifty Spot will continue to take donations at its current location until May 22 and will begin taking donations at the new location on June 6. No donations will be taken between May 22 and June 6. Pictured above at the location of the new “spot,” from left, are Brian Digiovine II, Terri Bell, Thrifty Spot coordinator Stacie Martone, Jessica Kyle and Blake Dalton. Not pictured are volunteers Mary Ellen Edwards and Helen Clark and student workers Jael Williams, Alyssa Deagle and Hunter Nettik. The Thrifty Spot is a special education transition program run by the Mathews High School Special Education Department to prepare stu