Fundraising Campaigns – GrassROOTS Community Foundation

Giving Tuesday-Support #BannedBook Clubs

This #GivingTuesday, Stand Up for Literacy and Freedom of Expression This year, over 10,000 unique titles were banned in the United States. Among these are Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, and Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson. Brown Girl Dreaming inspired Marley Dias, our very own GrassROOTS Community Foundation SuperGirl, to launch the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign. This #GivingTuesday, we ask for your support to establish and grow #BannedBook Clubs in New Jersey and Philadelphia. These clubs…

Turkey Challenge 2024

For more than a decade, GrassROOTS Team members and supporters have filled plates and hearts by providing meals to families during the holiday season. For the past eight years, our Turkey Challenge has been a symbol of compassion, rallying communities to care for those in need. This year, though stretched beyond capacity, we remain steadfast in our mission. While we won’t be holding our usual, high-profile competition, the work is far from over. We are resolute in our promise to…

Support Jamaica’s Hurricane Relief Efforts

Jamaica is hurting deeply right now. Hurricane Beryl has left a trail of devastation in several parishes, especially St. Elizabeth and St. Thomas. Our caregivers and children are bearing the brunt of this disaster, and their pain is evident. We are reaching out to you, asking for your support to help 100 families. We want to provide essential supplies to 100 caregivers. These supplies will include a children’s book to help them cope with distress, snacks and ready-to-make meals, toiletries,…

Giving Tuesday

Last Saturday night was a wonderful celebration as we honored three remarkable individuals who have been instrumental in institutionalizing our work. Photos can be found here. Your support played a crucial role in achieving our initial goal of raising $10,000. Because of YOU, Board member Lisa Maxwell secured the title of #TurkeyChallenge winner for the third consecutive year. The funds raised had a meaningful impact, allowing us to provide meals and books to seniors and youth at Georgia…

Turkey Challenge 2023

Help us provide meals for 500 families in Newark, New Jersey and Atlanta, Georgia Donate $25 = 1 healthy meal for families Turkey Challenge will be from Oct. 23rd through Nov. 18th TeamLisa + TeamJanice = TeamGive Over the past decade, we provided thousands of meals to families in Newark, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Boston. This year fundraising goal is $10,000. Funds raised will provide meals for elders and community members at Georgia King Village,…

Education Week 2023 Project Focus: Libraries

This year, GCF in collaboration with the Book Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ), Marley Dias and the Ministry of Education in Jamaica is collecting 2,000 culturally diverse books for donations. We are particularly interested in books where Black girls and boys, Southeast Asians, and Chinese are the main characters. These populations represent the diversity of the population of Jamaica. This year, renowned and celebrated author Jacqueline Woodson will be joining our Read Across Jamaica efforts. We have made…

#investingirls Giving Tuesday

Help GrassROOTS Community Foundation bring SuperCamp on the Road in 2023! This past summer, July 23- 30, GrassROOTS in collaboration with Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry and the Anna Julia Cooper Center mobilized a dozen Black girls and women to participate in an immersive one week living and learning project. Our goal: to learn more about Black land use and food supply in North Carolina. With your help, we will repeat this work in Virginia at Monticello in 2023. Read…

Give Thanks

GrassROOTS Community Foundation in partnership with Uzima Dance Fitness and Kindred The Family Soul are uniting once more to #GiveThanks. TeamTia + TeamLisa + TeamAja + TeamJanice are united to = TeamGive. Collaboratively, we are raising $20,000 to support girls, women and families in Newark, Philadelphia and Boston. Funds raised will provide meals for elders and community members at Georgia King Village, Newark, NJ; families in Philadelphia, PA who are food-insecure and domestic violence survivors in Boston, MA…

Ministry of Imagination – Education Week and Read Across Jamaica Day 2022

GrassROOTS Community Foundation Partners with Book Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ) to launch “Ministry of Imagination” for Education Week and Read Across Jamaica Day 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on children’s learning, well being, and imagination, around the world. In Jamaica, thousands of children, from some of the most vulnerable households were directly impacted with significant learning loss. The recently launched Jamaica Education Transformation Committee (JETC) Report confirmed that “almost 60 per cent of students…

Giving Tuesday

This Giving Tuesday, I am asking for help to raise $25,000 for the rural community of Guirand, Haiti and the Love in Action School and community center. In August 2021, Haiti once again experienced a deadly earthquake, quickly followed by Hurricane Henri. These disasters resulted in the deaths of over 2,000 Haitians and left many more injured. In the case of such disasters, the philanthropic community typically galvanizes to provide “essential” services and resources. However, some of the…