-- If it’s up to Holliday’s Helping Hands, the “dog days of summer” will be a whole lot cooler as the nonprofit founded by local hero Miss Katina Holliday, treats the young people of Aberdeen to two major events aimed at improving their scholastic aptitude:
4TH ANNUAL BACKPACK GIVEAWAY — Saturday, July 25 from 10 am - 1 pm marks the annual event where a limited number of the free backpacks will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis at Freshly’s Market, the junk food-free grocery outlet located at The Pointe Place, a 30,000-square-foot complex. Backpacks 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.
READING SUMMER CAMP —The annual “Home Is The Heart of Reading” is a five-day camp for second - sixth grade students to encourage them to read while improving their skills — one of the foundations of a good education. Held from July 21 - 25 from 9 am to 1 pm, the camp is a collaborative effort between Holliday’s Helping Hands and Lead 8 Project. It will be held at the Aberdeen Parks & Recreation (301 Commerce Street, Aberdeen).
“Education is the key to a child’s future and we must present them with every opportunity we can to ensure their success,” says Miss Holliday, who will be among the volunteers at the backpack giveaway. “The best investment we can make in our future is through our children so I hope everyone who hears about the giveaway and reading camp does their best to make sure everyone child from every family is represented.”
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, where nurses will be on hand to provide physicals from 8 AM-4 PM. Visit www.FreshlysMarket.com for more on the market, and www.UCarePointe.com for more information about the urgent and primary care services.
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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Contact Info:
Name: Frank Groff
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Organization: Hollidays Helping Hands
Address: 17420 S Avalon Blvd, Ste. 101, Carson, CA 90746, United States
Website: https://www.HOLLIDAYSHH.org
Release ID: 89164885