Aside from music, Tocarra is very passionate
about her work with youth and particularly young
girls. Tocarra has traveled to Biloxi, MS to
perform and speak to over five thousand teen
girls at the annual Saving Our Sisters Community
Event held at The Coast Coliseum. An event
supporting abstinence, education and positive
influences of young girls.
Tocarra also travels to Raleigh, North Carolina in
support of the Music 4 Hope Foundation to give
her time and talents to its fundraising efforts to
support families with children facing Cancer and In a lot of ways, Jasmine Holliday is a pretty
typical 15-year old, hanging out in her Ellenwood
other life-threatening diseases.
bedroom with her pocket pit bull terrier and best
Supporting an initiative in Charlotte, NC titled
friend Coco.
"Bears for Buddies" along with Nick Cannon.
Jasmine has had to grow up quickly, as a double
Tocarra visited children with life threatening
amputee and the bullying. Jasmine has endured
diseases and took them gifts having a program in 14 surgeries, Six in her first five years.
their honor.
Jasmine is a double amputee, but has only one
Last year Tocarra was asked to assist with
C-Leg, which is designed for above-the-knee
National Bully Awarenesss and now travels to
amputees. She still has more practice to do with
volunteers. The website hosts a groundbreaking
high schools and special events to encourage
youth to stay in school and complete their
You can filter search results to dangers of bullying.
education and to discuss the include
She has just launched a national anti-bullying
campaign, creating awareness and supporting
organizations to help all children who have been
bullied. There was a difference by selecting brands
a song and video created that
You can also make
some of the schools have used as tools to assist
in reaching the kids about bullying.
The song and video are, “Bully Me No More!”
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These are just a few of the things that Tocarra
has and will continue her philanthropic efforts
wherever she sees a need. Her kindness and
compassion for others is genuine and she always her new leg. She’s looking forward to being able
lends her time and her talents to do so. We have to climb stairs without having to work so hard. And
one day, Jasmine says, she’d like to be the first
been doing these initiatives from out of pocket
double-amputee supermodel.
and have been encouraged by many of our
corporate partners to start our own and that's
exactly what were doing. The fist Little O Me
Foundation Recipient will be a young girl by the
name of Jasmine.
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