Nonprofit leader wins community award for North Memphis work
Residents from the Klondike and Smokey City neighborhoods walk the market together in July. Natalie McKinney, whose Whole Child Strategies serves these North Memphis neighborhoods, was awarded the 2021 Thomas W. Briggs Foundation Community Service Award. (Lucy Garrett/Daily Memphian file)
Whole Child Strategies is a Memphis-based nonprofit utilizing a holistic approach to improve educational outcomes in impoverished communities. Currently, the nonprofit is focused in on Klondike and Smokey City neighborhoods.
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Whole Child Strategies Neighborhoods North Memphis Natalie McKinneyOmer Yusuf
Omer Yusuf covers Bartlett and North Memphis neighborhoods for The Daily Memphian. He also analyzes COVID-19 data each week. Omer is a former Jackson Sun reporter and University of Memphis graduate.
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