Virginia Beach · March 2026

More than 100 cases
of water—and connection.

When StandUp for Kids Hampton Roads urgently needed bottled water for the at-risk and homeless young people it serves, Brandon “Shaggy” Stokes turned the request into a community response.

Shaggy brought Executive Director Nicole Pixler on his radio show, shared the organization’s need with Hampton Roads listeners and collected bottled-water donations at the station throughout the day.

The effort delivered more than 100 cases to the Virginia Beach facility. Shaggy also brought his children, who spent time playing UNO, laughing and connecting with the young people at the center.

AmplifiedAn urgent request through live radio
DeliveredMore than 100 cases of bottled water
ConnectedFamily time with youth at the center

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