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| OMG Club member Teanna Lee hands Mr. Jessie a rose during Love Fest 2016 on Feb. 13 under the Trevor J. Sims Memorial Bridge. |
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| St. Helena College & Career Academy OMG Club President Kyla Bryant hands a to-go plate to a Love Fest 2016 attendee on Feb. 13 under the Trevor J. Sims Memorial Bridge. The event was held in an effort to bring the community together in a fun way that also directed individuals to housing and medical resources. |
Baton
Rouge, LA – On Saturday, February 13th love
was in the air as the SU Ag Center’s Outstanding Mature Girlz (OMG) Club helped
to serve nearly 300 homeless individuals under the Trevor J. Sims Memorial
Bridge. The young ladies traveled from
St. Helena Parish to participate in Love Fest 2016 as part of the OMG
Club’s monthly Community Service Initiative.
The club’s members helped fill bags with toiletry items and handed them
out, as well as worked the food assembly line during the event. OMG Club Members, Alberta Paterson and
Shanika Holmes of St. Helena College & Career Academy managed the clothing donation
area, as members in the community continuously dropped off large bags filled
with slightly worn or new clothes.
Love Fest 2016 was organized
by the community organization Live Love Serve. Its founder Dana Buckley held
the event as a way to point people to housing and medical resources. “Although homelessness is a very serious
matter in the Baton Rouge Metropolitan area, the event was also created to be
fun, and bring the community together,” said Buckley. This was evident as some of the OMG Girlz led
a line dance with some of the attendees.
They also handed out handmade valentine cards, roses, and heart shaped
cookies as another way to show how much they care.
An article on the event
appeared in The Advocate Newspaper on Feb. 13. The article can be viewed by
visiting, http://goo.gl/ffxLk2.
For more information on
partnering to enhance the OMG Club’s Community Service Initiatives, contact
Nicolette Gordon in the Tangipahoa Parish Extension Office at 985.748.9381, or in
the St. Helena Parish Extension Office at 225.222.4136.
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