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Black Inspiration
3-Year-Old Girl Uses Money From Lemonade Stand To Help Less Fortunate Moms
Beautician Shirley Raines Brings Goods And Services To Homeless In L.A. Via Non-Profit Beauty2TheStreetz
It’s never too early to make a difference. A 3-year-old North Carolina girl raised enough money from selling lemonade to reach her goal of helping mothers in need.
On Monday (Aug 11), little Ava Lewis and her mom, Maggie, dropped off multi- ple boxes of diapers, baby wipes and other necessities, to the Good Samaritan Inn, a rescue center located in Durham, North Carolina that houses on average 130 women and children every night. The donation was made possible thanks to sales from Ava’s Homemade Lemonade.
"It just means the world to us to see a young person...that is thinking of others. And is selling her lemonade to have the funds to buy the diapers and the wipes -- it just makes my day, " said Good Samari- tan Inn director Gail Mills according to Raleigh, North Carolina's ABC 11. "Such a
Young Ava Lewis and her lemonade stand.
heartwarming experience to meet little Ava and to see how her mother is teaching her at such a young age to care for others and to share her bless- ing with people who are hav- ing a hard time."
Ava and Maggie, set up a lemonade stand outside of Maggie’s hair salon, The Lather Lounge. Although she
started out selling cups of lemonade, customers ended up buying gallon jugs, helping Ava meet her fundraising goal within days. The young entrepreneur launched a Facebook page dedicated to her growing lemonade com- pany and the account is filled with positive customer re- views.
Shirley Raines, beautician and founder of Beauty2theStreetz.
Beautician Shirley Raines offers free hair care and make-up via her business Beauty2theStreetz.
Raines and her team of volunteers are on a mission to brings meals, services and a touch of self-care to those in need every week.
Bowie State To Launch The Center For Research And Mentoring Of Black Male Students And Teachers
According to jbhe.com, Julius Davis, an associate professor and mathematics education researcher at Bowie State University, has been selected for theWilson H. Elkins Professorship by theUniversity System of Maryland.
The award will provide him with a grant to establish a Center for Research and Mentoring of Black Male Stu- dents and Teachers.
“It’s humbling and an honor to receive such an award. It feels great to know that the University System of Maryland thought that it was worth the investment to cre- ate a center for research and mentoring of Black male stu- dents and teachers at a his- torically Black university,” said Dr. Davis. “It’s great to be on the cutting-edge by try- ing to create a center focused on Black male students and teachers. We’ll be creating it from the foundation up.”
The center’s main goal is to
PROFESSOR JULIUS DAVIS
support a pipeline of Black males joining the ranks of Maryland’s educators, espe- cially those who specialize in teaching high-demand fields in science, technology, engi- neering, and mathematics.
Dr. Davis plans to recruit 25 to 50 local students to par- ticipate in the center’s work- shops, mentoring programs, and field trips throughout the 2019-2020 academic year.
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