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Ministry hands out bags of hope to local students
Roderick Hughey provides more than 100 book bags, school supplies
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Tacoa Robinson helps students Ly’jic Holder, 5, Knowledge Johnson, 10, and Success Holder, 4, sort through the donated book bags full of school supplies on Saturday outside Voices of Faith North on Athens Street in Gainesville. The event was hosted by the Roderick Hughey Ministries. - photo by ELISE PERKINS
Gainesville Middle School eighth-grader Jamel Segar is among the local students headed back to class with a new book bag full of supplies thanks to the inaugural back to school giveaway hosted by the Roderick Hughey Ministries. “It’s a good opportunity because most parents can’t afford book bags. It’s good that a church like this is giving out bags.