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| Photo Credit: Walter C. Black, Sr. |
Millions of
people all across America spent their Thanksgiving Holiday indulging in Turkey
and all the stuffing’s. Eating pies and cakes while watching football games
with family and friends. Some people were preparing for the big shopping day on
Black Friday. For the past several years Gathering of Hearts and volunteers
have collected food, clothes, and other personal items to distribute to
families who are in need of a helping hand.
Gathering of
Hearts—is a non-profit organization that helps families or individuals who need
food, clothes, and shelter. “People are really hurting financially because of
this recession, lost of jobs and income” GOH co-founder Ines Soto said. Gathering of
Hearts receive phone calls all the time from people who want to help others in
need. Photojournalist Wesaam Al-Badry, who lives in Nebraska wanted to document
the living conditions of people in the Mississippi Delta, contacted Gathering
of Hearts. He didn’t want to come empty handed; he packed his car with
donations of socks, jackets, brand new comforter sets, clothes, cameras, shoes,
and other items and headed down south.
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| Photo Credit: Walter C. Black, Sr. |
GOH made plans
to distribute these items to the people from Fluker, Louisiana to the
Mississippi Delta on Thanksgiving Day. Avrell Stokes just three weeks shy of
getting his Master Degree at the University of Southern Mississippi in Public
Health with an emphasis in policy and administration, volunteered his time to
help distribute the donations and to learn more about poverty and what he could
do to help eradicate poverty in the state of Mississippi.” I lived in
Mississippi all my life and didn’t know that poverty exist to this extent,
Stokes said.”
GOH would like
to thanks photojournalist Wesaam Al-Badry, the Center for People in Need, and everyone
who made contributions to this cause.
“If you would
like to get involved, please contact Gathering of Hearts—we can use volunteers
to help others in need, “ Soto said. Soto and Boston Mother Care founders organized their 3rd
Annual Women’s Winter Coat Drive for the women at Rosie’s Place in Boston, MA.
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| Photo Credit: Walter C. Black, Sr. |
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