{"id":252618,"date":"2025-08-15T15:15:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/?p=252618"},"modified":"2025-08-26T14:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:59:06","slug":"how-a-small-business-loan-is-fueling-a-memphis-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/how-a-small-business-loan-is-fueling-a-memphis-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Small Business Loan is Fueling a Memphis Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jeffery had a vision to train young athletes around Memphis to develop their confidence and find community. Once he started this business, he knew he needed capital to expand it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through Operation HOPE\u2019s Small Business Development Program, in partnership with the 1MBB initiative, and one-on-one mentorship with Coach Angelic Mister, Jeffery worked for six months to prepare himself for a business loan. He first worked on a plan with Coach Angelic to improve his credit score, which he moved from 633 to 686. He then worked on his business plan, and, in January of this year, he was approved for a loan of $25,000 from First Horizon Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large size-small\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"252620\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-252620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large size-small\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"252622\" src=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-252622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-2048x2048.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He recently shared how his vision will impact the community of Memphis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThanks to the incredible support of Operation HOPE&#8217;s Angelic Mister and First Horizon Bank, Memphis Basketball Trainers have secured a $25,000 loan that will propel our mission forward. This partnership empowers small businesses like ours to make a lasting impact on youth development. With this support, we\u2019ll continue equipping young athletes with the skills, confidence, and character needed to excel both on and off the court. We\u2019re deeply grateful for their belief in our vision!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffery had a vision to train young athletes around Memphis to develop their confidence and find community. Once he started this business, he knew he needed capital to expand it. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":252619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-252618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hope-stories","tag-1mbb"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252618"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252618"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252628,"href":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252618\/revisions\/252628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}