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On: The Jackson Service League
On: The Jackson Service League

Each generation has a particular vantage point to view our city’s history and the path tread down by our collective stories. Lost in our own days, we sometimes forget that we are a part of a city and one community. Whether it’s a road away from racial hatred or a road that celebrates creatives, a community adopts a certain path tread by the people before them. The community saunters along until the moment when individuals and organizations rise up and insist on change, for better or worse.

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StoriesGinger WilliamsJackson TN, Tennessee, Ginger Williams, Jackson Service League, JSL, women, female, community, service, women's rights, World War II, history, nonprofit, non-profit, fundraiser, fundraising, The Dream Center, Area Relief Ministries, ARM, The Care Center, RIFA, Regional Inter-Faith Association, Katie Hale, volunteer, Annual Thrift Sale, Jackson Fairgrounds, event, poverty, Karley Bond, children, kids, Youth Town, Boots Bands and Bingo, The Barn at Snider Farms, Jackson National, golf, Women's History Month
Hello Jackson: RIFA Thrift Store
Hello Jackson: RIFA Thrift Store

What’s better than finding an amazing deal on the perfect pair of jeans? Knowing that the money is going to a wonderful cause. That’s what you get at the RIFA Thrift Store! RIFA has had a presence in Jackson since 1976, when a group of local churches and community leaders decided to do something about the growing poverty levels in the city. The Thrift Store is one of the many ways that RIFA helps the people of Jackson, and it is open to the general public.

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Hello Jackson, ReviewsKristi WoodyJackson TN, Tennessee, Hello Jackson, Kristi Woody, RIFA, Regional Inter-Faith Association, nonprofit, non-profit, thrift store, clothing, furniture, church, Christianity, Christian, poverty, homeless, donate, soup kitchen, food bank, discount, shoes, jewelry, accessories, Airways Boulevard, Nando Jones, volunteer, service, Farmers' Market, West Tennessee Farmers' Market, appliances, linens, decor, local, local business, local shop
On: The HUB Classic
On: The HUB Classic

Caleb Hall, a student and basketball player for the JCM Cougars, won the Lane College Slam Dunk Contest at the Oman Arena Tuesday during a break between the sixteen different high schools battling in out in Area Relief Ministries’ third annual HUB Classic Basketball Tournament. JCM joined teams from North Side, Liberty, Trinity, and Madison from Jackson.

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Events, EssaysGuest ContributorJackson TN, Tennessee, Donald Jordan, Earnest Mitchell, ARM, Area Relief Ministries, HUB Club, The Hub Classic, Caleb Hall, students, basketball, high school, sports, athletics, competition, game, JCM, Jackson Central-Merry High School, Lane College, Oman Arena, tournament, North Side High School, Liberty Technology Magnet High School, Trinity Christian Academy, Madison Academic Magnet High School, community, development, Crockett County, Haywood County, Gibson County, West Tennessee, Melrose, Westwood, Fairley, fundraising, fundraiser, Vision2020, Vision 2020, volunteer, nonprofit, non-profit, service, friendship, friends, reconciliation, diversity, race, racism, poverty, homeless, neighborhoods, neighbors, church, Christianity, Christian
In the Spirit of Giving
In the Spirit of Giving

He bounded toward the car with soaked sock-feet, but he didn’t seem to care. His mother did, though. “Where are your shoes?” she asked. When he answered, the furrow in her brow fell and her heart sank. He said, “I gave them to a little boy. His had holes in them, and the bottom was broken.” That’s when it all started, she said. He was five years old. 

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StoriesChelsea Catherine CroomJackson TN, Tennessee, Tyler Johns, giving, generosity, clothing, shoes, Christmas, holiday, holidays, Keisha Norwood, Paris TN, R.E.A.L. Hope Youth Center, non-profit, nonprofit
A Portrait of Hope
A Portrait of Hope

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but I think sometimes the best ones don’t need words at all. As I browse through the photos taken last Saturday, December 5, at Help-Portrait (hosted by RIFA), I’m smiling behind my computer screen so big that if someone were to walk by my office they might think I’ve had just a little too much coffee.

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StoriesChelsea Catherine CroomJackson TN, Tennessee, Chelsea-Catherine Cobb, Rebecca Morris, photo, photography, Help-Portrait, non-profit, nonprofit, RIFA, Regional Inter-Faith Association, homeless, family, volunteer, service, community, free, hairstylist, makeup artist, hair, makeup, need, needy, help, hope