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Gunna Gives Back To Former Middle School Partners With Goodr To Open Free Grocery and Clothing Store

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McNair Middle School celebrated their grand opening of ‘Gunna’s Drip Closet and Goodr Grocery Store.’

Former alumnus Gunna surprised students at Ronald McNair Middle School in College Park with a visit and much more. The Grammy-nominated rapper and Goodr founder and CEO Jasmine Crowe partnered up to give back in a major way.

Gunna at Ronald McNair Middle School
Gunna at Ronald McNair Middle School

Crowe teamed up with Atlanta native Gunna, a former student of the middle school, to help finance the store. The store also provides clothing and sneakers for free. That was all Gunna’s touch, Crowe said.

According to reports, the store was organized to meet the needs of children affected by the tough times Covid-19 brought. She shared her non profit organization is devoted to stopping food waste and hunger.

“These are things I said I was gonna do when I got in a position to do it so I just gotta follow that,” Gunna shared.

Parents can also place order requests through Goodr’s website, and then their children can pick the items up when they’re at school and bring them home. If they don’t have internet access, parents can register at the school instead.

They hope the association with the “Ski” rapper will help eradicate any shame or stigma that students might associate with taking the free items home. Each student was provided with a reusable grocery bag to use when they are shopping at the store.

“Our hope was that now if you see a kid with that bag, you just don’t know what’s in it, because you got one as well,” Crowe shared.

Crowe said she’d love to open more stores in schools and she’s already brainstorming how to make it happen.

Gunna also gave credit to the amazing work that Goodr does to combat food insecurity.

“This is not just me. It’s me and my team, who always help me and make sure all my giveaways are run right and that everyone gets what they need,” he said.

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Vic Mensa Raises for Chicago Homeless During the Arctic Blast

The Midwest is no stranger to freezing temperatures but this week, the Midwest approached all-time record values prompting them to be called life-threating temperatures. Wednesday has the potential to be one of the coldest days in Chicago history with a high temperature of 8 degrees. While some people have the luxury of staying warm during this time, many people who live on the street do not. Rapper Vic Mensa and his Save Money Save Life Foundation teamed up with Healthy Hood Chicago to make sure those who are less fortune have the necessities to survive the Arctic cold blast.

In an Instagram video, he says, “Chicago, as you know, it’s cold as fuck right now what you may not be thinking about is those without a roof over their head to protect them from this weather. As the temperature drops to beneath 30 degrees in the next two days, people will die. My foundation is taking donations that are going to be used to feed 50 people three meals a day for the next two days while the weather is at its worse. Please, if you have the resources to we are accepting sleeping bags, blankets, pillows, food, and money. We have Venmo. If you have the possibility to, we need this help.”

This isn’t the first time Mensa has given back to his community. In August, he gave back to the community with anti-bait trucks. Mensa brought four trucks filled them with shoes and gave them to anyone who may need them. In a statement to Fox 32, Mensa said, “It feels great we’ve received so much support from around the globe. People in Europe and people in Africa have all donated shoes for us. Now, these kids, almost every kid in Englewood gets to go to school with a new pair of shoes on. It’s going to be so good to see kids walking down the street because I’m going to say, I know where you got those from.”

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