Donate to a Buddy Bag
While you are out shopping for your own hygiene products this month grab an extra tube of toothpaste or mouthwash to give back to a child in need. Buddy Bags of Mississippi and Rouses Market have teamed up on a…
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Pusharatas for Possums
‘Wild at Heart Rescue’ gave locals a little taste of the holidays while saving wildlife in the process. The ‘Pusharatas for Possums’ Fundraiser happened today at the Seymour Law Firm in Ocean Springs. The home-made family recipe includes pecans, apples,…
Harrison Co. students help collect toys for foster children
Three schools in the Harrison County School District are helping give foster children in our community a Merry Christmas. Woolmarket Elementary, D’Iberville Elementary, and North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School have been collecting toys for about two and a half…
MS Power Watson Plant donates bikes to Salvation Army
Mississippi Power is back at it again, reaching out a hand to help the community. This morning, Mississippi Power Watson Plant rolled in with a trailer full at the Salvation Army Kroc Center to make a substantial donation. Every year…
Millie’s Movement raises nearly $19K
Christmas is nearly a week away now and one 10-year-old Bay St. Louis girl made sure every child in need wakes up that morning with a gift. You may remember Millie Brignone, a News 25 Hometown Hero on a mission…
Giving back one stocking at a time
The Mayor’s Youth Council of Gulfport is sending a little Christmas joy into the community. Members spent the evening stuffing stockings to give to residents at the Driftwood Nursing Center. The stockings are filled with toothpaste, crossword puzzles, a deck…
Local resident clears Pineville Elementary cafeteria debts
One Harrison County school received a big surprise today from a generous citizen. A local residents came to Pineville Elementary School this morning to ask about paying off all student cafeteria debts as a way of giving back to the…
Group brings warm meal and hope: feeding the homeless in Gulfport
With the cold weather quickly approaching, shelters cross the Coast are preparing to open, including the Salvation Army’s cold weather shelter in Gulfport. That will be open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights. But keeping those less fortunate safe and healthy…
Mystery person pays off Walmart layaway items
A mystery shopper pays off layaway items at an Alabama Walmart, the kind gesture taking shoppers by surprise. According to the store all the mystery person asked in exchange was that every person gets a paper that says "God loves…
Local business buys 200 toys for kids in need
It is the season of giving and one local business is making sure no child on the Coast will go without a present on Christmas morning. “All Jacked Up” in Vancleave has been spreading the holiday cheer to the community…
Giving Tuesday Preview: giving back to the community
You’ve probably heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but do you know about Giving Tuesday? Giving Tuesday began in 2012 as a way to encourage people to do good and give back to the community. This year Just Cause…
30th annual Feed the Needy
It’s the season of giving and that’s just what the Gulfport Police Department plans to do for the annual Christmas Feed the Needy program. For 30 years, Gulfport PD along with donors, other public safety agencies in Harrison County, and…
Christmas gifts for Whitfield
With tomorrow being Thanksgiving that means the season of giving is just around the corner. Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce teamed up with the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and other agencies to take up donations for the state hospitals…
Giving back on Thanksgiving
‘Tis the season to give and the members of the Xi Zeta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the Distinguished Gentlemen of Ocean Springs and members of Krewe Unique are doing so in a major way. These organizations teamed…
Visions of Sugar Plums shopping trip
It started with a local business man looking to help a family in need around the holidays, now it has become a community effort. The 11th annual ‘Visions of Sugar Plums’ shopping event was held today at the Pascagoula Walmart.…
Community members serving meals
If you are in need of winter clothing or looking for ways to fellowship and be thankful this year, Ambassadors for Christ invites you to their Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow at 11 a.m. in Gaston Point. This free event is open…
Jaxon’s St. Jude Toy Drive
In loving memory of an Ocean Springs residents folks in the community are collecting donations. Jaxon Eli Schoenberger was a six-year-old who passed away from DIPG, a rare childhood cancer, in 2014. Since then his family’s been collecting toys to…
Volunteers needed for the Feed the Needy program
More than 2,000 Gulf Coast residents can expect warm meals delivered to their homes Thanksgiving Day, all thanks to our local public safety agencies, generous donors, and volunteers. The annual Thanksgiving Feed the Needy Program, headed up by the Gulfport…
Inaugural Patriot Golf Day
The green at Grand Bear Golf Club today was filled for the ‘Inaugural Patriot Golf Day,’ all for a wonderful cause. Shotgun started the tournament at 9 a.m. with community members and golf fans teeing off. There were also some…
Bayou View Middle School Food Drive
One Gulfport middle school is doing their best to give the less fortunate a Thanksgiving to remember. Students at Bayou View Middle School have collected more than 1,000 non-perishable food items to be donated to Feed my Sheep ahead of…
Join ‘Millie’s Movement’
One student at North Bay Elementary School in Bay St. Louis is trying to save Christmas one band at a time and you can join her mission. Millie Brignone is a fourth grader selling wristbands for $3 in order to…
AT&T launching campaign to help with food insecurity
Statistics show one in six South Mississippians face hunger or food insecurity. That’s why AT&T is launching the ‘Believe Mississippi’ initiative. It’s a project to increase access to opportunity by addressing hunger and food disparities in communities across the state.…
Finding the beauty in battling breast cancer
The journey of battling breast cancer is one that’s considered difficult, challenging, and downright ugly. That’s why a few local businesses made it their mission to show one survivor just how beautiful she really is. Meet Jackie Johnson. “I started…
Mississippi Power employees give back to the community
Since Saturday, Mississippi Power, along 23 counties in the state, has been serving their communities as a part of Southern Company’s ‘Week of Service.’ Moving dirt and lending a helping hand, that’s what Mississippi Power’s ‘Southern Week of Service’ is…