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Monday, December 22, 2008
DeShawn Snow: Blessed to be a blessing
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
DeShawn Snow with husband Eric, left, and NFL veteran Willie Whitehead. Photo by Ben Evans.
The Bravo cameras have stopped rolling for the moment but that’s not keeping the Real Housewives of Atlanta out of the public eye.
DeShawn Snow was joined by husband Eric and NFL veteran Willie Whitehead on Saturday to read stories to children at the Barnes & Noble store at Perimeter Center West. The joint appearance was a promotion for “Bedtime Stories,” the Disney movie starring Adam Sandler. It opens Christmas Day.
Earlier last week, DeShawn and Whitehead teamed up to bring holiday cheer to needy children in Atlanta and Union City. The group of 32 kids, served by the Young YMCA of Southwest Atlanta, enjoyed dinner at the Wing Lab before a shopping trip at Wal-Mart.
Both DeShawn and Whitehead have foundations that work with youths.
“I have dedicated my life to encouraging, empowering, and enriching the lives of teenage girls,” DeShawn told us by e-mail. “I’ve made a lot of bad decisions while growing up and I realize that my life could have turned out quite differently than what it is today.”
“I am living proof that you can have life and have it more abundantly regardless of where you come from, what choices you have made, or what labels you are given,” she continued, adding that she gets much from giving back.
“I am blessed to be a blessing,” DeShawn said.
As you probably know my colleague Rodney Ho, recently christened the AJC’s best columnist by readers of Atlanta Magazine, has made a mini-career lately out of chronicling the Housewives.
RoHo recently reported that Bravo has signed on for a second season of the “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.”.
He spoke to one of the other housewives, Sheree Whitfield, who said her newfound fame from the show is helping her launch a clothing line.
Some of the photos from DeShawn’s storytelling session show video cameras capturing the scene. I asked whether that suggests the event might become a segment on a future RHA episode.
Stay tuned.
