(WMC-TV) - The congregation of one South Memphis church will carry on a 20 year tradition that helps give kids a comfortable start to the new school year.

St. Andrew AME Church will hand out more than 1,200 pairs of new tennis shoes to children from across the Memphis area.

The kids will also receive school supplies and free haircuts.

But students won't be the other ones to take something valuable away from the back-to-school shoe giveaway. Parents will be able to receive information about social services, housing and financial counseling.

(WMC-TV) - Watch out Memphis, there is a new generation of photographers hitting the streets with their cameras. The organization Memphis: Through the Lens of a New Generation just wrapped up their competition and they are set to announce the winner. 

This photography contest is a summer program that encourages the youth of Memphis to examine the city’s history such as the sanitation strike of 1968, the deaths of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Elvis Presley as well as other events that has help to shape the city’s heritage.

(WMC-TV) – Memphis will be one of six stops the Tennessee PTA makes during its leadership training tour this summer.

The tour kicks off in Clarksville and then roles into Memphis’ Southwind High School on Monday, July 23.