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Rapper AJ Lix from Belhar performed for the children at the event.
KIDS TREATED TO SOUP, FUN: GROUP GIVES BACK TO COMMUNITY
Lavis DJs do their bit ASTRID FEBRUARIE @astridfebruarie
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iving back and giving hope is the aim of a group of DJs from Bishop Lavis who hosted their very first soup kitchen and fun day for children in their community. Initiated earlier this year by Keegan Cox, co-founder of Purple Heart Beats Entertainment, with the aim of bringing DJs from all
walks of life and communities together, they are now using their profits to give back. “We have always wanted to make a difference in our community, to create an atmosphere where everyone can get together and have fun,” he says. Cox says he never thought he would receive as much support as he did when he first mentioned his wish to host a soup drive and provide entertainment to young people in his community. “The support has been
truly overwhelming and heartwarming to see that so many people want to do exactly the same, which is to give back. I am very excited about what we have managed to pull together and hope to host many more of these events,” he says. Cox says he knows that many of the children in the community do not have role models, while some look up to gangsters. “I live in this community so I know the struggles and difficult choices people make between right and wrong, drugs,
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