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.

Shawn Sims, who works with the program, helped organize and distribute shoes during Friday's donation.

"We were blessed with the opportunity to receive 500 sneakers this yea

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