Local residents who need help updating their resume or who want information on additional educational opportunities can attend a seminar this weekend in McKee Park.
Help for the Helped, an organization founded by Starkville native Alexander Gibson, 23, to assist the less fortunate, is hosting an education seminar dubbed “Stop the Cycle” at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the park off North Jackson Street.
Members of Help for the Helped will provide free resume preparation for people on site.
“If you want to come out and get your resume done for free, we”ll be doing those,” Gibson said. “There are a lot of people who don”t have a correct resume or know what to do or how to speak during interviews, so we”ll be out there to try to get people on the right track.”
The group also will provide information on how to obtain a Graduate Equivalency Degree and take the ACT standardized test, among other things, Gibson said.
“We”re targeting people who want to enhance their education, get their GED and go back to school,” Gibson said.
Help for the Helped also wants to help convicted felons find work after they are released from prison, Gibson said. The event Saturday will last until 5:30 p.m.
“We”re hoping for a pretty big turnout,” Gibson said.
Gibson hopes to start a number of other initiatives through Help for the Helped, including a scholarship program, tutoring service, counseling service, crisis hotline and weekly food drive. He hopes to lead community service and service learning projects in the area, establish a book club and free education program, hold monthly seminars, provide and promote college preparation material and provide financial assistance to low-income families.
Gibson is in the process of applying for non-profit status for his organization. He graduated from Starkville High School in 2005 and is now a graduate student at Mississippi State University.
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