11/14/2025
📰 Friday Community Connections
🗞️ In Coahoma County News-
Morgan Mayo Jones and her husband, Shane Jones, celebrated Cardiofaciocutaneous (CFC) Syndrome Awareness Month by hosting a sensory-friendly parade they named, Unstoppably Bold Day Sensory Friendly Parade. In a Facebook post explaining the upcoming parade, Morgan, a special education teacher and social worker of 15 years, helped spread awareness about sensory issues her son and others, including people with PTSD and Autism Spectrum Disorder, face.
The parade route included a flashing lights zone and one street free of lights for anybody who may be sensitive, like people who have seizure disorders. The parade was filled with dancers, people waving from passing cars and trucks, a fire truck, and pompoms, beads, hand clappers, and sunglasses for the kids. Morgan explained that she wanted a family-friendly event that “highlights inclusion and acceptance and empathy and compassion…” and “provides a glimmer of hope” for families like hers. See her video below to celebrate her son’s enjoyable experience of a parade for the first time!
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Amazing job taking action for your son and others with sensory sensitivities, Morgan 💚🚒🫰
Coahoma Community College is offering free GED classes. See their link and photos below for more information.
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Thank you, CCC, for making education more accessible for those in your area 💚📖
🗞️ Across Life Help’s 16-county region, communities came together this month. While SNAP will begin to return to full benefits as early as next week (https://www.deltanews.tv/news/mississippi-issuing-full-snap-benefits-as-soon-as-possible-mdhs-says/article_e26ce03d-288e-531c-aa66-94579c71321a.html), neighbors and community members came together to support one another during their time of need.
Soup kitchens, food pantries, and food giveaways sprung up in most of our communities thanks to the timely response and hard work of many caring people. During the two-day dip into freezing temperatures, warming centers opened in community centers, auditoriums, and a fire station in at least three towns in our region.
Heartwarming response, Delta-wide friends and neighbors 💚🥫🌨️
🗞️ Extra Table made a stop right here in the Misssissippi Delta in their journey to give away 9,810 chickens in 48 hours and, thanks to some local support, were able to add 6,000 lbs of sweet potato donations to their partner pantries. You can see their post below for more information.
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You can also catch a clip of podcast, Breaking Bread, in which Stafford Shurden, farmer, businessman, restaurateur, and author from Drew, MS, interviews a member of the Extra Table Team about how you can help.
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Thank you, Extra Table and Stafford Shurden, for the work you do in bringing farm-fresh foods to people who need it across Mississippi and, specifically, to the MS Delta 💚🍗🍠 9️⃣8️⃣1️⃣0️⃣
🗞️ Christian Alexander, a junior at Rosa Fort High School and highest-rated recruit in school history, has been named an Under Armour All American. His teammates, friends, and family gathered at a recent game to see him receive his All-American jersey.
Big shoutout to DaQuon Nickson for the support he showed Christian, which brought the good news to our attention, and for the wildly enthusiastic encouragement of other student athletes at Rosa Fort High School!
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BF2WBnipM/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Thanks also to Tunica County Sheriff's Office for their big support of their community members, with this to say about Christian, “Christian has made school history as the first player ever from Rosa Fort High School to be named an Under Armour All-American. His talent, discipline, and hard work have earned him national recognition — and he continues to make Tunica County proud.” See their post for all of his achievements and stats.
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Congratulations, Christian, on all your hard work and best of luck to you on a big future! 💚🏈🏆
We’ll see you back here every Friday for more good news of ❇️ Community Connections ❇️ happening across Life Help’s coverage area.
Special thank you to everyone who has made any positive impact in their community…we’re watching for you. As Mr. Rogers said, “Look for the helpers,” look for hope, and have a great weekend!
