On Sunday, January 22, 2012, Positive Impulse launched a new project, spending two hours engaging children at Homeward Bound of Marin’s Family Emergency Center (FEC) in San Rafael, California. FEC provides short-term, emergency housing for 14 homeless families at a local motel site. It was raining pretty hard that day. Nine kids ranging in age [...]
In the quarter from September 2011 to January 2010, GJEF was chosen by Whole Foods Market Novato as one of two non-profits in their Nickels for Non-Profit program. In this program, Whole Foods donates 5 cents for every reusable bag at the register. “Your organization has been a pleasure to work with. I will [...]
To meet our 2011 Scholars click here: http://www.gaines-jones.org/scholarships/2011-gjef-scholars/ ALBANY, GA. June 2011 In this photo Benjamin Jealous, president of the NAACP, visits with a group of 2011 GJEF Scholars in the lobby of the Hilton Garden Inn. Mr. Jealous was in town for the 50th Anniversary of the Albany Civil Rights Movement held on [...]
As they continue to work within their mission to “help others locally and globally”, our teen board of directors is now in its third year of philanthropic projects. Shown here, founding members Miranda Roehrick (Chairman) and Tristan Gounard dismantle a temporary art installation at their Story of Stuff party. The installation was used to show [...]