Atlanta, GA
Water sales moving from intersections to a kiosk in Downtown Atlanta
Group helps boys who promote water
A neighborhood group helps the younger males on the intersections who promote water to have the ability to push their wares safely.
ATLANTA – Among the younger males promoting water at intersections, will now be promoting it out of a kiosk in Downtown Atlanta.
These might be positioned alongside Peachtree Road. The non-profit, HEY! Serving to Empower Youth, is now working a kiosk. The kiosk is a part of Atlanta’s merchandising program. There are some snacks and swag, however principally they’re promoting water.
“That is the HEY! Water and that is what you may get whenever you come to the kiosk,” stated KaCey Venning, HEY! Govt Director.
The folks making the gross sales have quite a lot of expertise.
“These are the younger males that have been promoting water at intersections. Our group pulled about 25 younger males off the intersections, the road corners,” stated Venning.
The younger males might be paid.
“If we’ll pull them from one thing they’ve recognized as a technique to meet their wants, we will not in good religion say come do that they usually nonetheless haven’t got a technique to become profitable,” stated Venning.
They will even be studying some lifelong enterprise expertise.
“Retail operations, customer support, what it means to be a gross sales individual, understanding stock, what it means to market and get artistic,” stated Venning.
Venning says it is a constructive technique to preserve the youngsters, and others, secure.
Over the previous few years there have been many issues linked to the water gross sales, from kids being struck whereas working out and in of visitors, to among the kids being too aggressive, each verbally and bodily, even pulling weapons on drivers.
“This is a chance for us to proceed to supply options to the disaster that we have seen during the last two years. We wish to say town demanded a safer approach, nicely right here it’s,” stated Venning.
Additionally, it comes with a bottle of Hey! Water.
“It is one of the best tasting water you may ever devour,” stated Venning.
The kiosk is at 133 Peachtree Road, proper subsequent to the Georgia Pacific constructing. They’re open Wednesday by means of Saturday from 11 a.m. to five p.m.