16 year old teen along with friends In Jackson, Ms are encouraging public to get involved in their fund raiser.

By JB
Sarah, Mississippi
August 17, 2013 9:50am CST
16 years old Deborah Hawkins along with friends, have took their struggle to the streets of Jackson, Mississippi and encouraged the public to donate to their grouped called : A Heart That Shares : The teens created the group 3 weeks ago after being feed up with the teen on teen violence in the City of Jackson, Mississippi. Their vision is to raise $140,000 in order to build a center for abused teens, pregnant teens, run away teens, and troubled teens in the hopes of reducing teen on teen violence. Its been reported that from April 2013 to August 2013 , Serious crimes committed in the City of Jackson has been committed by teenagers Deborah released a statement on Facebook: " I don't know about the rest of the city but I just can't take the unnecessary violence anymore. From the 17 year old pregnant girl being murdered to the two young boys bringing executed then kicked in a ditch. I have had enough and its time for all of us to pull together and find a way to reduce these unnecessary murders and acts of insanity. To learn more about Deborah Hawkins cause, visit her webpage: aheartthatshare.webs.com
1 response
• United States
17 Aug 13
best of luck to this group of gals. giving people an alternative, positive group to hang out with in a safe environment would be great.
• Sarah, Mississippi
18 Aug 13
Correct and I stand behind them all the way. They are doing things that people twice their ages are afraid to do