Olympic Sprinter joins Atlanta Children’s Shelter 5K

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) – An Olympic sprinter is getting concerned with an Atlanta group working to finish generational poverty in metro Atlanta. The group has helped 1000’s of households in want because it opened its doorways.

”It’s about to be a complete 12 months now that we haven’t been on the streets,” stated Atlanta Kids’s Shelter dad or mum Dimond Bumbrey.

“We assist them return to highschool, discover jobs, properties and we provide free childcare providers for the households by their transition,” stated Aseelah Williams with Atlanta Kids’s Shelter.

ACS works with unhoused households in metro Atlanta.

”They assist me with housing. It’s for a 12 months, so I’ve a 12 months to rise up on my ft,” stated Dimond.

“You by no means know who you’re going to meet or what that particular person has been by,” stated Aseelah.

They supply free daycare, schooling for teenagers, and help for fogeys who’re looking for housing and stability.

It’s a mission that tugs on the hearts of every kind of individuals, from all walks of life.

”My identify is Hafsatu Kamara. I’m a 2016 Rio Olympian, representing Sierra Leone,” stated 2016 Rio Olympian Hafsatu Kamara.

She got here to ACS for work and left wanting to remain concerned long-term.

”You’ve got younger youngsters who is likely to be going by one thing traumatic and may not even understand the trauma that they’re in and they’re surrounded by a help system that’s serving to not simply them however their dad and mom,” stated Kamara.

The thought is after you have sufficient help, you may dream once more.

And as soon as you may dream once more, you may construct one thing new.

“There’s at all times a method, discover a method,” stated Dimond.

ACS has a 5K run this weekend that can assist increase cash and consciousness. You may join and be taught extra, right here:

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