RICHMOND, Va. — Two hundred kids in the Belt Atlantic Apartment community are going home to a brand-new pair of shoes thanks to the efforts of a Richmond church.
The New Life Deliverance Tabernacle, located on 900 Decatur Street on the Southside, chose the Belt Atlantic community as the beneficiary of the donation because of their ministry efforts to meet the needs of Richmond youth and their families.
“We actually call this our second location: The New Life at the Belt,” Phyllis Alexander with New Life said. “They were Nikes, Reeboks, Jordans, Shaq shoes and they were donated to us by Grow Your World.”
Grow Your World is a youth-led community engagement and development program for elementary and middle schoolers, which is based out of Carrboro, North Carolina, and Atlanta…