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National Black MBA Association works year-round to serve communities.
“Our chapter believes that we have to give more than we take,” said Elaina Livings, vice president of operations for the association’s Atlanta chapter, about the importance of the chapter’s mission to give back to the Atlanta community.
The professional development organization held a Community Marketplace for low income families in the Atlanta area on Sept. 20 at the Atlanta Public Schools Center for Learning and Leadership after a successful collection drive during the NBMBAA’s national conference held Sept. 16- 19 in downtown Atlanta.
The collection drive, a part of the conference’s Red Hearts Community Service Project, had chapter members from around the country collect and donate items such as dental hygiene products, body and skin care products, clothing and food to make the Community Marketplace possible. The conference collected these items to help over 200 low income families in the Atlanta area.
Families in the Atlanta Public School districts came and “shopped” for clothes, hygiene products and food.
“We had heard from the local community that students couldn’t focus in school because they weren’t eating proper meals or there was a lack of hygiene,” said Orlando Evans, director of community affairs of NBMBAA. “Some of these families are also homeless, so we wanted to do something that could have a direct impact.”
In addition to the this community service project, the Atlanta chapter of NBMBAA serves to give back year-round. Along with over 1,500 members of the organization, “we want the community to join us in our efforts to serve Atlanta,” added Evans.
Throughout the year, volunteers take part in various projects to make a difference in the community such as food sorting at the Atlanta Community Food Bank, helping senior citizens in Bankhead Community clean-up and beautify their homes/yards and more.
“All of these efforts are a part to make our community better,” said Livings. “We belong to this group to enhance ourselves professionally, and by giving back and doing good, it adds to that growth.”
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