JSU Crop Drop, Saturday

Posted on August 22, 2022 by Jackson State University, Center for University-Based Development in Archives, Neighborhoods // 2 Comments

JSU’s Office of Community Engagement will host is bi-annual Crop Drop event on Saturday, August 27 at 1311 W. Pearl Street.

This Crop Drop will include 10,000 pounds of sweet potatoes, 350 watermelons, and 1,000 cases of water. Volunteers are needed from 7am to Noon and food will be distributed starting at 9 am.

For more information please call Khaliya Ervin at 601-979-2317 or by email at khaliya.e.ervin@jsums.edu.

Thank you to our sponsors: The Society of St. Andrew, Southern Echo, and Central Mississippi Health Services, Inc.

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2 Comments on JSU Crop Drop, Saturday

Carol // August 22, 2022 at 7:00 pm // Reply

Thank you JSU Community Engagement for this community event! I always look forward to attending and getting free sweet potatoes, the watermelons are such a plus!!
S A Carpenter // August 23, 2022 at 1:00 pm // Reply

Thank you Crop Drop and JSU for providing your community service of free vegetables to the citizens of Jackson, MS.