Grammy nominated Hip-hop artist, Sergio “Gunna” Kitchens teamed up with Goodr CEO and founder, Jasmine Crowe, to address food insecurity at a Fulton County, Georgia, middle school.
On Sept. 16, 2021, Kitchens and Crowe were welcomed with open arms by students, teachers, and faculty as they unveiled ‘Gunna’s Drip Closet and Goodr Grocery’ at Ronald McNair Middle School in the Atlanta suburb of College Park.
The Title I school has an enrollment of 833 students, with a mostly Black student population of economically and educationally disadvantaged children.
For students to use the school store, their family must be registered online or through the Goodr app, where they express their need, then a school faculty member will escort the student to the store to fulfill the request.
Crowe says the school store cost $50,000 to set up and fully stock with nutritious food and clothes. She knew Ronald McNair Middle School would be a perfect fit because Kitchens attended the school and the student population has higher needs.
“The school was a really low-performing school; it had an F, then under [school Principal, John Madden Jr.’s] watch, got up to a C. Then I found out Gunna and his four brothers went there and at times his mom would substitute in the school cafeteria,” said Crowe.
In 2017, Crowe founded Goodr and through her company sought to fight hunger.
On Sept. 8 the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its annual food insecurity report. Throughout 2020, food insecurity increased for Black households from 19 percent in 2019 to 21 percent by December 2020. The report also found food insecurity was highest in Southern states.
Source: Hip-Hop Star Gunna Teams Up with Atlanta Company to Reduce Hunger for Disadvantaged Kids
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