By Shelondra Peavy
… To Be Young and Great
Just shy of her 10th birthday, Princess Jackson had accompanied her mom (Phyllis Burton) and a group of her friends on their personal philanthropic mission to give blankets and other necessary goods to some of Houston’s homeless population. This would be the one time when tagging along with her mom and her mom’s friends would change Princess’ life forever. While on the blanket drive with her mom, Princess noticed that a majority of the homeless people didn’t have socks to keep their feet warm and protected in Houston’s frigid winter weather.
A little girl who had a certain fondness for socks, especially decorative, far-out, “crazy” socks couldn’t help but notice something that others had undoubtedly overlooked. To see so many people who had no socks at all really tugged on her heart. And from there, a little girl with a huge heart and a sock fetish had tapped into her passion for giving and “making things better for others”. From that experience, a philanthropist was born, and her road to greatness had begun.
Now, at the age of fifteen, Princess Jackson is a straight-A student who is also nationally recognized as the founder of a very effective nonprofit organization; “Sock Out Poverty, Inc.”.
Having received donations from national heavy-weights including Walmart, Sam’s Club, The Floyd Mayweather Jr. Foundation, and comedian and TV host, Steve Harvey, Princess is well on her way to achieving her personal goal: “She wants to go global… She wants to sock out poverty all over the world”, say’s her understandably proud mom.
To date, Princess has given out more than 10,000 pairs of new socks in the Houston, Beaumont, San Antonio, Dallas, Atlanta, and California areas. Adding to her global quest, Sock Out Poverty’s “Christmas In July” Campaign will be hosted in Washington, DC on July 28th, 2018.
Whenever she’s not hanging out, cooking, and playing spades with her Granny (Bobbie Nell Jackson), Princess is somewhere exploring greatness as a budding actress that has starred in short films, modeled for Wholly Guacamole, Academy Sports and Outdoors stores, and Uncle Funky’s Daughter hair products.
Nationally, Princess was featured on the STEVE HARVEY show for the work which she has done in the community through Sock Out Poverty, Inc. Also, locally, she has received a proclamation from the City Of Houston naming July 7th as “Princess Jackson Day.”
While balancing her busy schedule with acting, modeling, and heading up her nonprofit organization (Sock Out Poverty, Inc.), Princess has maintained her position as a dynamic student, cousin, daughter, niece, grand-daughter, classmate, and friend.
In closing, if anyone should ask where greatness began for Princess Jackson, the answer is endearing, yet simple: For Princess, notable greatness began at the tender age of 9, deriving from a love for socks and people.
Please join me in wishing a lifetime of greatness to Miss Princess Jackson; a young lady who has spent a sizable portion of her short life showing the masses what it means to be young and great.
