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On September 17, 2022 at 6 p.m. the Northeast Dallas Chapter hosted a Night of Elegance Gala in honor of our 10 Year Chapter Anniversary.

The gala was a night filled with music, fun, and community.

The gala raised funds were awarded to the Garland Education Foundation. Six (6) Garland ISD Seniors received scholarship stipends. The Garland Education Foundation's mission is to create and foster partnerships with the community to generate funds that support the education of GISD students to positively impact the future.

We also recognized 13 of our graduating seniors at the gala.

Funds were also raised for the Jack and Jill Foundation, which is the philanthropic arm of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. The Jack and Jill Foundation's mission is to address issues affecting African American children and families by investing in programs, services, and organizations that address underlying causes of social problems.

A record-breaking $62,408.18 was raised the night of the gala

We are grateful for all of our 12 sponsors who helped create this successful celebration. Our Gold Sponsor was Violet Verbena LLC and our Silver Sponsor was Amtex Corp. We had a total of 10 Bronze Sponsors: AllStar Collision Repair and Auto Painting, Altura Consulting, Aus-Mex Company Inc, Douglas Dwellings LLC, Ford-Brown Consulting LLC, MadFrog Volleyball Club, Professional Jewelers, Republic Distribution Company, The Dallas Examiner, and Veritex Bank.

We also had some very special guests who helped make this night even more special.

Our Very Special Guests for the night were: NVP Sativa Leach – Bowen (JJ National Officer), RD Danielle Wesley ( JJ Regional Director), MAL Deidra Murphy (Regional Director), Mr. Michael Bland (Garland ISD), Dione Anglin (Host), Skip Cheatham (Host), Rickey McNeal (Garland NAACP), Dr. Joyce Miller (NAACP Youth Council), Robert Selders (Garland ISD School Board), Linda Griffin (Garland ISD School Board), President Kristyn Senters and Immediate Past President Senta Thomas.

The gala held a Northpark Gold Raffle with a $1,000 shopping spree at Northpark Mall. The winner for this raffle was Mother Terri Clark.

The gala committee is already working on the next gala to be held on February 3, 2023.

On Saturday February 8, 2020, Jack and Jill of America, Inc, Northeast Dallas Chapter hosted our Fourth Annual Mardi Gras Fundraiser. We were proud to partner with Garland Independent School District’s Foundation honoring the academic achievements of graduating seniors in pursuit of higher education.  The proceeds from this fundraiser allowed us to provide much needed financial gifts to six Garland ISD students with an economic need and a desire to succeed post high school.

Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated has demonstrated since 1938 its dedication to nurturing and strengthening children through leadership development, volunteer service, philanthropic giving and civic duty. It is through this mission that we are encouraged to cultivate strategic partnerships that reinforce our core values, increase our visibility and allow us to best serve our communities.                                

The Northeast Dallas Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. is extremely excited to announce that it is among the first chaptersin our organization  to donate to the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools® at Home Chapters Beyond Books Program.  

Through the Chapters Beyond Books partnership, organizations that make a generous donation to the CDF receive a shipment of culturally-relevant books to distribute into the hands and homes of children in grades K-12. The CDF’s goal is to distribute nearly 50,000 books across the country to families, helping them build their in-home libraries while also developing and nurturing their child’s love for reading.  

The Northeast Dallas Chapter will be distributing the books that it received as a result of its donation during the Garland NAACP’s Annual Back-to-School Fair.

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The mission of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) is to ensure every child a healthy start, a head start, a fair start, a safe start and a moral start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. Inspired by the original Freedom Summer of 1964, the CDF Freedom Schools® program was founded in 1995 and designed to improve reading, language skills, interpersonal relationships, strengthen families, and develop in all participants the skills needed to improve conditions for children and families in their communities.

Jack and Jill of America, Inc. is a membership organization of mothers with children ages 2-19, which is dedicated to nurturing future African-American leaders by strengthening children through leadership development, volunteer service, philanthropic giving and civic duty.

For more information about the Children’s Defense Fund or the CDF Freedom Schools Program, please visit https://www.childrensdefense.org/.

For more information about Jack and Jill of America, Inc., please visit https://www.jackandjillinc.org/.