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In honor of Giving Tuesday, we would like to showc

In honor of Giving Tuesday, we would like to showcase our community involvement! Swipe through to see the initiatives created or supported by MOUMS.

COVID-19Help Program is reopening as the state of our community and country is still uncertain. We hope to do our best to serve our community along with other local initiatives.

Please head to our website through the link in our bio to learn more about the Grant Recipients’ initiatives that we fund, our COVID19Help Program, and how to donate.

If you choose to donate to our organization through our website, please clarify which program you would like to allocate your funds.

Happy Giving Tuesday!!! We are proud to serve our Oxford Lafayette Community!

#moveonupms #covid19help #oxfordms #mississippi #nonprofitorganization #501c3

2020-2021 Grantee Spotlight! We wanted to take a

2020-2021 Grantee Spotlight!

We wanted to take a moment to share our excitement for the work that one of our grant recipients, Oxford Community Market, is doing - despite the pandemic - in our neighborhoods!

They have truly gone above and beyond to ensure they are assisting our community in any way they can and as safely as they can. In these pictures, you’ll see a glimpse at this work.

The OXCM non-profit organization has been aiming to realize their mission of “improving access to good food for everyone in the community” by developing a neighborhood garden at CB Webb Townhouses; crafting new programming to have the garden function as an outdoor classroom; weekly dinner service in the garden; providing Market Fresh Gift Cards to Leap Frog, foster families, and young moms part of the Raising Mothers to Rise support group; hosting free Tomato & Purple Hull Pea Pop-Ups, offering Healthy Haunted Harvest goody bags; and committing to keeping the market open & responsible to serve farmers and customers in need of fresh food assistance.

OXCM Vista service member - Brenna Gardner - and many volunteers have been assets to the team’s success throughout this year and the ongoing pandemic.

Keep an eye out over the next few week’s to see our other 2020-2021 Grant Recipients’ good work.

#freshfood #nonprofitorganization #missioncontinues #oxcm #oxfordms #moums

WELCOME!! Although she has already been doing lot

WELCOME!!
Although she has already been doing lots of good work for us, Move On Up, Mississippi is proud to "officially" welcome Sierra Dexter to our team as the Culture and Community Action Liaison.
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Sierra Dexter, LMSW

Sierra was born and raised in Memphis, TN, and moved to Oxford, MS in 2013 to begin her Undergraduate degree. During her time in school, she fell in love with Hospitality thanks to the City Grocery Restaurant Group. She graduated in May of 2016 with her Bachelors of Social Work from The University of Mississippi. Eventually, she moved to Dallas where she continued splitting her life between Hospitality and Social Work. After earning her Masters of Social Work with a focus in Mental Health and Substance Abuse in December of 2019 she returned to Oxford. Since then, she has rejoined the City Grocery Restaurant Group where she currently serves as the Main Event Catering Director. She is thrilled to be able to use her Social Work experience from Haven House (Oxford, MS) and Nexus Recovery Center (Dallas, TX) by joining the Move On Up, Mississippi Foundation Team as the Culture and Community Action Liaison. Thus far, Sierra has spearheaded their COVIDHelp Program and Becky Currence Field Day at Home 2020 initiatives and plans to continue to develop programming to benefit the lives of children in Oxford/Lafayette Co.

#moveonupms #doitforthekids #oxfordms

Announcing our 2020 Becky Currence At Home Field D

Announcing our 2020 Becky Currence At Home Field Day Scholarship Winners!!! *drum roll, please*

Congratulations to:
Deacon Marsh
Aiden McGregor (not pictured)
Wyatt McThune
Vince Samuels
Kinslee Smith
Maximus Smith

We are so thankful and proud of all of you for participating in our Field Day activities! We hope everyone had a blast and were able to learn and explore new things this summer with us!

We can’t wait for next time!

#oxfordms #moveonupms #doitforthekids #fielddayathome2020 #fielddayathome

We hate to watch you go, but we love to watch you.

We hate to watch you go, but we love to watch you...still make a difference! 😉

#moveonupms #oxfordms #doitforthekids

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