The people of Jackson, Mississippi have gone weeks without safe drinking water after one of the city’s largest water treatment plants experienced failures due to excessive flooding and other infrastructure issues. The city’s main water treatment facility began failing on Monday, Aug. 29 and since then the community has had to rely on bottled water for drinking and cooking. At one point, some people who stood in line for hours were turned away when 700 cases of water ran out. Hospitals and schools have been hit hard as well. Jackson State University football coach, Deion Sanders, said his team has been running in “crisis mode.” Schools have been moved to online learning and President Joe Biden has since issued a State of Emergency.

Determined to help out were P-Valley stars J. Alphonse Nicholson and Nicco Annan, known by Starz fans as the beloved characters “Lil Murda” and “Uncle Clifford,” who teamed up with Broccoli City, Goodr and We Chip N for a water drive in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 14.

The goal was to collect 100,000 bottles of water to send to Jackson residents on Thursday, Sept. 15.

“Y’all saved The Pynk, I need y’all to help us save the people,” Annan said in a clip shared on We Chip N and Broccoli City’s social media pages.

The love was felt as residents of Atlanta poured in to donate cases upon cases of bottled water to the cause.

 

The drive concluded at 7 p.m. and while it’s unclear as to whether the group hit their 100k bottle goal, they definitely showed up and showed out for the greater good.

If you’re not in the Atlanta area, or your didn’t have time to swing by, you can still help the cause. You can send water via We Chip N’s Amazon link available on their website.

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