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The bowling tournament raised $30K for LovePacks. Photo provided

North Central Mississippi REALTORS, in collaboration with Blackburn Homes and Oxford Commons, hosted its annual Charity Bowling Tournament recently, raising $35,500 to support Love Packs, a local nonprofit dedicated to feeding at-risk students in the Lafayette and Oxford school districts.

Love Packs provides supplemental food for over 275 local students on weekends and holidays.

Held at Premier Lanes Bowling Alley, the event brought together real estate professionals, community members and local businesses to support the cause. Teams comprised of realtors, banks, mortgage companies, and other industry stakeholders participated in the event, which featured lively team bowling competitions.

Among the key sponsors were North Central Mississippi REALTORS, Oxford Commons, Blackburn Homes, The Citizens Bank, El Charro Cocina and Cantina, Stonewater Adolescent Recovery Center, Keith Collins Company, and Develop Design Studio.

McAlister’s Deli provided catering.

Incoming NCMR Board President Liza Fruge actively assists with Love Packs, a charity that started with just 10 packs of food from volunteers’ kitchens and has since grown to provide over 200 packs weekly.

Love Packs, a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit since 2012, now serves 11 schools in the Oxford and Lafayette areas.

Participating teams in the tournament included representatives from:

Bank of Oxford BankPlus, Blackburn Construction, Cannon Cleary McGraw, Comer Heating and Air, Crye Leike-Oxford, Develop Design Studio, DMS Blues Elite, El Charro, First Commercial Bank, FNB Bank, Freeland Martz, Harty Reed, Holcomb Dunbar, Hughes Brown, Kessinger Real Estate, Magnolia Brick, Magnolia Lighting, McKenzie Little, Mississippi Title Group, Nix-Tann, OMS Blues Elite, Origins Bank, Precision Engineering, Regions Bank, Russom Construction, Renaissance Bank, Sherwin Williams, Southern Pipe, Specialty Sales and Supply, Stout’s Flooring, Tannehill Carmean, Citizens Bank, Equipro and the city of Oxford.

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