The AyCorN Effect

Hope Grows When We Rise Together.

From struggle to service, The AyCoRN Effect is building hope and changing lives—one family at a time. Inspired by Ayden and driven by compassion, we show up with real help: food, clothing, crisis support, and dignity for those who need it most. Join a movement spreading healing, strength, and community across Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas, and Oklahoma—because a helping hand truly makes all the difference.

🌱 Our Purpose

Our purpose is simple: to turn brokenness into blessing.
The AyCoRN Effect exists to feed the hungry, clothe the cold, lift up families in crisis, and stand in the gaps where systems fail. Every act of service is inspired by Ayden—the heart of our mission—and built from the lived struggles of our founder, Cyrus Nathan Redmon.

We serve because we know what it feels like to be unheard, unseen, and unsupported.
We show up because no one should fight alone.
We give because compassion is a calling, not a convenience.

Our purpose is to restore dignity, create stability, and bring real help to real people through food outreach, clothing distributions, crisis assistance, community care, and advocacy for children and families. We believe every family deserves hope, safety, and someone who cares enough to take action.

This is our purpose:
To be the hands, the heart, and the help—
for Ayden, for our community, and for every person who needs a second chance.

🌱 Our Mission

The AyCoRN Effect exists to restore dignity, stability, and hope by providing food, clothing, crisis support, and compassionate outreach to children and families in need. Rooted in lived experience and inspired by Ayden’s resilience, our mission is to show up where systems fail, meet people where they are, and create a path toward healing, empowerment, and lasting community transformation across Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas, and Oklahoma.

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Where Our Story Began… and How Far It Has Come

A year ago, before we even had a name, our mission started with one simple act: washing and drying clothes for families who had nothing left.
FOX16 captured those early moments—Cyrus Redmon standing in a Conway laundromat, washing hundreds of loads of donated laundry and giving them away to homeless and struggling families. What began with a few blankets grew into a movement of compassion and community support.

…And Where We Are Today

Fast forward to today:
Our latest THV11 Thanksgiving feature shows how that seed has grown. Cyrus and his daughter Ayden now serve communities across four states—providing meals, clothing, furniture, phones, and resources to people experiencing homelessness, addiction, domestic violence, or crisis.

Ayden’s heart to help others is what inspired the creation of The AyCoRN Effect, a charity named in her honor and built on her father’s lived experience of once being homeless himself.

Together, this father-daughter team is:

Restoring dignity through clothing and essentials
Reconnecting families who have been separated
Supporting individuals transitioning into permanent housing
Listening to the needs of the unhoused and responding directly
Sharing hope, food, and compassion across Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi & Texas

This is what we call The AyCoRN Effect —
small acts of kindness creating life-changing impact.

Watch Our Journey

FOX16 News Feature
How one man started a mission by washing hundreds of loads of donated clothes.

THV11 Thanksgiving Feature
How a father and daughter are now bringing hope, food, and connection to communities across four states.

🤝 Ways You Can Help

There are many meaningful ways to support The AyCoRN Effect and make a real difference in the lives of families across Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas, and Oklahoma. Every act of kindness—big or small—helps hope grow.

1. Volunteer Your Time

Serve at food distributions, help organize clothing donations, assist with outreach events, or join community service projects. Your time directly impacts families in need.

2. Donate Goods

Clothing, food, hygiene items, household essentials—everything we receive goes right back into the community to support children, parents, and individuals facing crisis.

3. Give Financially

Your donations help fuel our daily operations, emergency assistance, outreach programs, and expansion into new communities. Every dollar becomes direct support for someone in need.

4. Become a Monthly Supporter

Consistent monthly giving keeps our mission moving. Even a small monthly gift provides steady support for families who rely on us.

5. Partner With Us

Local businesses, churches, organizations, and community groups can join forces with The AyCoRN Effect to host drives, sponsor events, or contribute resources.

6. Spread the Word

Share our mission on social media, invite friends to volunteer, and help more families discover the resources we offer.

7. Request AyCoRN Services

If you or someone you know needs help—food, clothing, support, or guidance—we are here. Reaching out is the first step.

EXPANDING OUR REACH, GROWING OUR IMPACT

As The AyCoRN Effect continues to serve families and vulnerable communities across multiple states, we are now preparing for the next stage of growth. Our vision includes several major initiatives designed to increase our capacity, extend our reach, and meet people exactly where they are — whether in our hometown or across the country.

Below are the three expansion projects that will allow us to serve more people, in more places, with greater dignity and support than ever before.

community warehouse

Imagine what The AyCoRN Effect could do with a dedicated warehouse and storefront:

Free community store for clothing, hygiene items, and essentials
Furniture & home starter center to fully furnish apartments for newly housed families
Food distribution hub for meal kits and multi-state outreach
Volunteer + donation center to accept larger items and organize resources
Support space for classes, resources, and family connection services

A facility would multiply our impact across Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Texas—turning community donations into life-changing support every single day.

Help us make this future a reality.

mobile Laundry/shower unit

A combined mobile shower and laundry unit would bring dignity, cleanliness, and essential care directly to people experiencing homelessness — meeting critical needs right where they are.

With this unit, The AyCoRN Effect could provide:

Private hot showers
On-site laundry service for clean, wearable clothing
Hygiene kits, towels, and fresh outfits
City-to-city mobile outreach
Rapid deployment for emergencies and disaster relief

Clean clothes and a hot shower can change how someone feels, how they’re seen, and how they move forward.
This unit would restore dignity, improve health, and renew hope.

full size rv or bus

A full-size bus or RV would transform The AyCoRN Effect into a truly national outreach force.
With a mobile command unit, we could take everything we do in four states and expand it across the country.

Our Mobile Resource Bus would deliver:

Clothing, coats, shoes, and essentials
Food boxes, hygiene kits, and survival gear
On-site support for homeless communities
Disaster relief & emergency response
Family reconnection and resource navigation

This unit would allow us to deploy anywhere—urban centers, rural towns, shelters, encampments, and crisis zones—bringing hope, supplies, and dignity directly to the people who need it most.

One bus. Thousands of miles. Countless lives changed.

Let me know if you want a version emphasizing partnerships, national tours, or emergency deployment.

Meet the Team

Founder & CEO

Cyrus nathan redmon

Cyrus Nathan Redmon is the founder and driving force behind The AyCoRN Effect, a nonprofit born from a journey of hardship, healing, and unwavering purpose. A father, advocate, community builder, and survivor, Cyrus turned some of the most difficult chapters of his life into a mission that now feeds, clothes, supports, and uplifts families across Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas, and Oklahoma.

Cyrus’s path has never been easy. From battling unstable housing, navigating legal injustice, and facing personal loss, to rebuilding his life through sobriety, faith, and service—his transformation became the blueprint for The AyCoRN Effect. What began as one father’s fight for dignity, justice, and his daughter Ayden has grown into a movement that restores hope in the communities that need it most.

With a background spanning information technology, transit system operations, nonprofit leadership, and hands-on community service, Cyrus brings both professional experience and lived experience to every project he leads. His work is grounded in compassion, transparency, accountability, and a belief that no one should ever face crisis alone.

Every distribution, every outreach event, every clothing drive, and every act of kindness reflects Cyrus’s belief that brokenness can become blessing—that what once tried to destroy you can become the very thing that saves someone else.

Cyrus lives his mission daily: showing up for families, advocating for children, challenging injustice, and building a community where healing, dignity, and opportunity are available to everyone.

He is not just the founder of The AyCoRN Effect—he is its heart, its testimony, and its proof that hope still wins

Chief Operating Officer

Jerry l. brack

Jerry L. Brack, a Memphis native, author, and accomplished public administrator, serves as the Chief Operating Officer of The AyCoRN Effect. With more than 15 years of leadership in project management, grant administration, loan operations, and economic development, Jerry brings precision, strategy, and heart to every initiative.

Jerry has administered more than $20 million in public and private loan programs, recovered millions in grant funds, and built systems that strengthen communities, empower small businesses, and expand opportunities for underserved families. His work with the City of Memphis, Shelby County Government, and multiple community organizations reflects a career rooted in accountability, compliance, and impact.

As an educator and mentor, he has trained young adults, ex-offenders, and returning citizens in financial literacy, job readiness, and workforce skills—consistently achieving high graduation and placement outcomes.

Jerry’s blend of operational expertise, community commitment, and creative insight as an author makes him a powerful pillar of The AyCoRN Effect’s leadership. His mission aligns seamlessly with ours: to elevate people, restore dignity, and create sustainable pathways for families across the region.

Chief Financial Officer/ Board Secretary

Niketa doykin reed

Niketa Doyin Reed is an Impact Venture Partner and the founder of Greenlit Impact Studio, a venture studio that builds, funds, and scales the next generation of "Green Impact" enterprises. Leveraging a proprietary "Insider's Playbook"—built on 20+ years of high-level strategy for billion-dollar foundations and federal R&D cohorts—Niketa invests her expertise as advisory equity to turn under-funded founders into high-capacity CEOs.

As a Venture Partner, she actively co-builds a portfolio of high-growth ventures, including Ìpínpín (a circular fashion textile recycling lab), GRO Enterprises (a sustainable materials science partner), and Water Bougie (a water advocacy platform). Niketa's work is rooted in deep narrative power.

She founded True Soul Media Group, a nonprofit media organization that now anchors the studio’s social impact arm. Through its signature Reel Redemptions program, True Soul empowers formerly incarcerated individuals with media workforce training, proving that storytelling is a vehicle for both economic and social rehabilitation.

Her "Insider" authority is backed by a distinguished career as a university professor, a digital strategist for ALSAC/St. Jude, and a producer of award-winning projects, including the student Emmy-winning Once Forgotten and the Sundance-backed environmental film Drowned Land.

A member of the 2025 AGAPE Cohort with Head and Heart Philanthropy, Niketa is dedicated to building visionary coalitions that turn stories into systems, and systems into generational wealth.

The AyCorN Effect

Hope Grows When We Rise Together.

🌱 Our Purpose

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