Submitted by Muszetta of Texas

Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated.  A concerned group of parents in the South Belt Houston area thought there was a need to bring Black children together, to educate them about their heritage, to give them the opportunity to display their talent, and to stimulate their cultural awareness in this area of the city.  The appropriate people were contacted at the national headquarters and the process to establish a chapter was in the works.  The South Belt Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. was installed in October 1992.     In 1998, the Chapter's name, South Belt, was changed to South Belt Houston in order to establish that the geographical location of the Chapter was in Houston, Texas.  It is the goal of the South Belt Houston Chapter to provide high caliber activities that will be beneficial to the members, their children and the local, state, and national communities.   Our chapter is about helping others in our community as well as our own members.  For example, during a board meeting, one of the members indicated that she had spoken to another member who was going through treatments at the time for ovarian cancer.  During the conversation, she mentioned that her neighbors had been helping out by bringing meals for her family during her illness.  After the conversation ended, the member said she was concerned and decided to bring her concerns to the board meeting.  She thought it was great that the neighbors were helping out; however, there were so many chapter members who could help out on a regular basis as well.  Another member was contacted to set up a calendar to have meals delivered to the family, thus the name for the group providing meals was established.  One of person was assigned a day of the week to bring dinner for the woman’s family.  Although, the woman passed on January, meals are still being delivered to the family to help out while her children are still in school.

Submitted by Francine of Massachusetts

Well my good news is about a lady who is making a difference in the community in Autism.  She and her husband started the Garrett Pressley Autism Resource Center and she is making a difference for families in our community.  I do not know what more do you want but if you have any more questions, you can certainly call me. Thank you

Submitted by Meta of DC 

My story is about a wanderful daugther Iam not a writer.Let me tell my story .At the age of thrity-five Ibecame sick with kindney failure was on dailysis for 15 years . I heard about a program at Georgetown University Hospital you needed a donor someone willing to give one of their kidneys. My daugther was one of those people who would give to help another person. We were in the Largest Kidney Transplant in the world. Thirteen donors and thirteen recipence. Ireceiced my kidney on Dec.8th, from a great womeam, my dauther gave her kidney to a nother great women. This was to match each person with the best donor. Kidney Exchange that day change my life I thank God for a wander dauther.

Submitted by Stacy of Maryland

My name is Stacy, Visionary and Director of Programs at the Tanner Community Resource Center. In 2003 I formed an organization called Surviving The Real World- An Outreach Effort .I recruited several boys from the area and utilizing the Community Resource Center, began a series of workshops and lectures on economic awareness, social action and character building. The program is free to participants and at one point allowed girls to join. We have collectively tutored many students from the neighborhood, delivered hot meals to nearby hotels for families, paid room and board many nights in the local motels for families who had been displaced. Every year we provide holiday baskets, toiletry bags, school clothes and money for students to take the SAT. Provision and Prevention are our #1 Goals. Surviving The real World- An Outreach Effort had an on-line talk show ,hosted by the members (ages at the time 15-17)That show- The" STRW Talk Show" aired on the internet quarterly for one year until the funds ran out. My good news is that we all have the time and means to put a smile on someone’s face and bring joy to their world. It only takes a smile and a hand. Lend yours today.

Submitted by Sheryl of New Jersey

Ms. D was concerned 10 years ago about the lack of financial education that is taught in the public school system nationwide.  She was dismayed to find that our school system prepares our children for graduation and provide them with the necessary tools to pass the SAT test, but not the financial test.  Yet, more than 95% of the decisions that they would eventually make would be financially related.  Also, she realized that most parents and grandparents did not set a good example of how to be finanically responsible, because they had learned from their parents.  As a result of how observation, she started an investment club for boys in the community, Black $treet Investment, Inc.    On a monthly basis, she meets with 16 young boys/teenagers at one of the local bank, in the boardroom, to discuss various financial topics (i.e., savings, checking, budget, mutual funds, stocks, bonds, taxes, financial statements, and etc).   In addition to discussing finacially related topics and bringing in presenters from the financial industry, she has worked with the young boy/teens in developing their own investment portfolio with their dues money and monies from a tee shirt biz that they started several years ago.  One particular day as Ms. D stood before the group, sharing how to be more finacially responsible, it struck her that many other children/teens could benefit from these financial lessons.  Therefore, in  2007, she and the club met on Saturday mornings, to take many of the lessons they learned over the last fews years and develop it into a book.  This books was featured in Black Enterprise Magazine, May 2009 edition.  Not realizing it at the time, but not only has the investment club allowed the group to learn about finances, but also it gave them something positive to do with their time.  Several of the boys that joined the club years ago, as boys, are now in their first and second year of college.

Submitted by Stacy of New Jersey

My husband created a non profit Haynes Foundation to support children and orphanages in Guyana, South America.  We support sports programs, clothing drives, medical supplies and other necessities.  He is originally from Guyana and felt a need to give back after visiting the country for the first time after 13 years.  He felt a need to help revitalize sports programs and was instrumental in helping the Guyana National Basketball Team compete internationally again.  In our recent visit, we distributed clothes, socks, and underclothes to children.  My husband spoke at their Guysuco Training Center, which is a job placement program for youth that my husband attended when he was in Guyana, to encourage younger Guyanese children to give back when they become successful and the importance of giving back.  We have partnered with Soul4Soles to give shoes and will be sending a second shipment of shoes soon.  My husband generates income to support the foundation by creating websites for organizations and businesses. We are making giving back a way of life for our two children and for our community.

Submitted by Stacy of New Jersey

Men Empowering Nations is a non profit that was created by Virgil to meet the needs of young males in the Winslow, New Jersey community.  The mentor groups is a volunteer group that meet every Thursday evening and provide tutoring and mentoring services to young males.  The M.E.N. group has traveled to historic and cultural trips to help increase their knowledge.  The M.E.N. group has mentors that come each week to speak on topics to include drugs and alcohol, peer pressure, dating, financial success, and community involvement. 

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