TUPELO – The largest crowd to attend the CREATE Foundation's annual meeting saw three couples honored for their generosity to improve their communities.
Some 300 people attended the meeting, held at the Cadence Bank Arena and Conference Center, where the foundation presented its prestigious McLean Award for Philanthropy to two Tupelo couples and another couple from Corinth.
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