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relationship with them and in building that
relationship we intentionally listen to them Anthony J. Hampton is a
and help them to address the concerns that man that follows his faith
they have about life. and puts his trust in God
and truly loves his family.
While the things He is the Office Manager
I’ve said are very of City Connections, Inc.
important I think which has a mission to en-
the most important courage and help encour-
thing our youth age people of faith who
need is to be loved stand ready to give of
through the good and the bad; through their themselves in their unique
wrongs and their rights; whether they’re liv- area of giftedness, life experiences and passion.
ing according to the standards in which the
world has set or the Bible has set they need Mr. Hampton is a licensed minister and the found-
to be loved. Now please don’t get it twisted er and assistant director of the Impact Zone. The
mission of the Impact Zone is to reach out to all
God’s people, but many of their programs are tar-
geted to the youth in the Little Rock and North Lit-
tle Rock areas. The Impact Zone partnered with
City Connections during the back to school season
to Stuff the Bus, where they partnered with a local
radio station and parked in front of Wal-Mart and
asked shoppers to help them meet the goal of
stuffing the bus with school supplies for children in
in thinking that I’m saying that all of their need. He also provided fun activities and food in
ways need to be accepted or that you have to
agree with everything they do, because that’s the neighborhood where he lived and provided
not what I’m saying at all. What I am saying game for the children to participate in. The Impact
is that too often people have left them and Zone has done much more and continues to be a
because those people have left they don’t feel blessing to those it serves.
as though they’re loved, which leads them to Seeing others blessed is what drives Mr. Hamp-
run to other places to find what they’re miss- ton’s passion. He is soft spoken, yet speaks up to
ing. Regardless of the fact our youth today get his point across. He serves on the Advisory
are most in need of love and it’s the love that Board for the Little Rock School District; so, when
is talked about in 1 Cor. 13:4-8, which in es- Mr. Hampton speaks of his concerns for our youth,
sence talks about an unconditional love that it is something that rests deep in his heart and the
has no limits and knows no boundaries.
concerns comes from a place of moving forward to
There’s so much that could be said about this make an impact for the future of our families, our
communities, our government, our nation, our
topic, but there’s not enough space to talk world, and to our God.
about that here. While it is definitely my
prayer that this has blessed you, more im-
portantly I pray that you, along with myself
and those around us will step up and do these
things for the benefit of our youth and their
future.
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