Profile

Shirley Smith
Organization: Big Stone Gap Farmers Mar
Expertise: President of The Big Stone Gap Farmers Market
Summary:
President/Chair for 2-years of The Big Stone Gap Farmers Market, Member of the Big Stone Gap Revitalization Committee and Co-Founder and President of His Ministries, a tax exempt nonprofit corporation, for the prevention & intervention of substance abuse. She and her son, David Smith, are the Founders of The Edge Student Training Program and operates the Edge Music Venue: Music on a Mission in Big Stone Gap, VA for teens. Ms. Smith believes EVERYONE needs to do more to provide jobs for our youth and for those working to overcome their addictions, train them, take them out of their environment, educate them and train them to replace old destructive habits with new healing ones, so the cares of this world will not lead them back into their old habits. She works to make a difference in the lives of people.