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As the year comes to a close some women in Portsmouth are announcing an effort to take back the community this is nothing new for the ladies in pink and green but they are addressing a different type of decline in the community one year ago on syes Avenue in Portsmouth 17-year-old Jesse hog was
Shot and killed police say the killers are also teenagers we to look out for two black males one black female all suspects appear to be juvenile over the decades sisters in pink and green have applied pressure to the wounds that are often created by poverty I’m the executive director at the Wesley
Community service center and we serve about 5,000 people a year I’m just coming from tutoring where I do that Weekly at one of the schools we want to make sure that our students we have those opportunities to improve the sisters say the call to save the
Children is urgent my hope is just for the children to have a A solid family build that solid foundation we’re right up the street from Brighton and Brighton may be struggling and I just want them to know that we’re here to serve them and what’s at stake the future of
Portsmith in Hampton Rose is exate and I think you’re going to really be surprised we literally have almost a thousand people every year and if you come in for the first time you’re going to look and you’re going to think well they’ve been doing this for years and
I’ve never been you’re going to see people from all walks of life at this event and this is where you can help the sisters and the nonprofit 20 Pearls Incorporated next month will host Janu Fest it’s 35 years old and still going strong proceeds from the event will be
Used for scholarships and other programs that will take back the community for more information see the story later this evening on wavy.com
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