<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">TSR Positive Images: For those familiar with #PinkyCole and her generosity, especially in the Atlanta community, is nothing new but it should still be celebrated. The Slutty Vegan founder helped pay the balances of 30 #ClarkAtlantaUniversity seniors so they could graduate.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It all started when Pinky, who’s a Clark Atlanta alum, made a life-changing donation to help one student stay in school after spotting the student’s GoFundMe page, according to <a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/news/education/slutty-vegan-clark-atlanta-student-debt/85-80e76dbc-a28f-43cd-a97c-390ac745acb6">11 Alive.</a> Pinky and Stacey Lee, another restaurant owner who graduated from Clark, then came together to bless some more students.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I&#8217;ve been in that situation trying to figure out how you&#8217;re gonna pay for school and if it weren&#8217;t for me becoming Miss Clark Atlanta University, I might not have been able to graduate,&#8221; Pinky said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The pair met with the students today to formally gift them. &#8220;They were genuinely happy and now they can concentrate on their books and hopefully they will pay it forward also,&#8221; Lee, who is co-owner of Harlem Hops in New York City, added. &#8220;I think they will.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It just felt good. It felt rewarding,&#8221; Pinky said. &#8220;That&#8217;s the biggest reward and success. it&#8217;s not the fact that we paid the money but they&#8217;re reactions and how they felt.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The students hugged and thanked the women for their generosity and life-changing contributions.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;And it&#8217;s how you make people feel,&#8221; Pinky added. &#8220;They &#8216;ll never forget this for the rest of their lives. They&#8217;ll remember that people came together to help and support them in achieving their dreams.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Earlier in the week, Pinky helped Khalil Perry, a junior studying mass communications at Clark Atlanta. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Perry needed help clearing what he estimated was about $7,000 to $8,000 in debt so he could stay in school.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Perry told 11Alive’s Nick Sturdivant that without the help, he would have had to return to his home state of Texas. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He had posted a GoFundMe to help raise the funds and that’s what caught Pinky’s attention.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s great to see two Black business owners support their community and invest in the future!</span></p>
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