Students in Aberdeen, MS…attention please. Holliday’s Helping Hands (HHH), a nonprofit founded by local hero Miss Katina Holliday, is kicking off the school year with its 2nd Annual Backpack Giveaway on Saturday, July 27 from 10 am – 1 pm.
Students in Aberdeen, MS…attention please. Holliday’s Helping Hands (HHH), a nonprofit founded by local hero Miss Katina Holliday, is kicking off the school year with its 2nd Annual Backpack Giveaway on Saturday, July 27 from 10 am - 1 pm. Only a limited number of the free backpacks will be distributed so the event will be held on a first-come, first-serve basis at Freshly’s Market, the grocery outlet opened by Miss Holliday last year that’s located at The Pointe Place, a 30,000-square-foot complex. Packs will contain a number of essentials for starting the new term including pens, notebooks, glue, crayons, etc. Freshly’s at The Pointe Place is located at 100 Highway 8 West, in Aberdeen.
A number of organizations will be represented at this year’s event including Black Voters Matter, NAACP, Exhale Monroe County, Urgent Care at The Pointe Place, Ladies of Elegance and Jesus Outreach Ministry.
“Last year’s giveaway was so successful that we decided to expand it by inviting various community organizations that are prioritizing our youth here in Aberdeen,” says Miss Holliday, who will be among the volunteers at the giveaway. “We look forward to meeting the young people who are about to return to school and provide them with the supplies they need to enrich their education,”
Freshly’s Market, which also boasts a hot deli, bakery and floral shop all under one roof, is the anchor store of The Pointe Place, another brainchild of Miss Holliday. The site is also home to the state-of-the-art Urgent & Primary Care at The Pointe Place, visit www.UCarePointe.com for more information.
Freshly’s Market is proving to be a valuable community asset. Its Double Up Food Bucks program benefiting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients allows them to double their purchasing power up to $20 per day when buying fruits and vegetables using their EBT cards. Freshly’s Market also provides a number of other conveniences. For example, on Tuesdays all military (both active duty and veterans), uniformed police and fire officials and senior citizens receive a 5% discount on their purchases. Visit www.FreshlysMarket.com.
Since moving away from her hometown in Aberdeen, Mississippi, Miss Holliday has become a successful Los Angeles-based entrepreneur who is best known as the founder and CEO of Holliday’s Helping Hands, a nonprofit that assists both homeless persons and young mothers recently released from penal institutions by housing and preparing them for lives of independence. The program has been recognized for its award-winning approach to serving it’s underprivileged clients and become a beacon for other such programs. Part of her strategy is helping clients develop “roadmaps” for their futures — detailed, comprehensive plans that help them hone their lifestyle skills, plan monthly budgets, job train, prepare for job interviews and become good neighbors and citizens. For more information about Holliday’s Helping Hands visit www.hollidayshh.org.
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