Bill Pickett Rodeo rides into Memphis

By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN — Nearly 50 children in Memphis will get an opportunity to attend the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on Saturday, April 13, at the Agricenter ShowPlace Arena, 105 S. Germantown Parkway in Cordova, TN.& Thanks in part to a generous donation to Abundant Earth Global, a community development corporation seeking to end poverty in the Frayser community through education, the children will attend the rodeo for free. “One of our associates that supports our Abundant Earth Success Academy, Mr. George Summers, wanted to work with us to see if some of our students wanted to go to the Bill Pickett Rodeo,” said Edith Ann Moore, board chairperson of the CDC. The Abundant Earth Success Academy was a 9-week pilot program the CDC offered in 2023 on Saturdays to enhance the reading, math, and music skills of children in first through the fifth grade.& However, some of the children that attended the academy and now attending the rodeo live in the 38127 zip-code area of Frayser, a thriving low-income community where Abundant Earth Global is located at 847 Whitney Ave. “Last year was our first outing,” said Moore, also a minister and former Shelby County commissioner. “We...