September 2020 Update
GRANTEE SPOTLIGHT
ATK International used our $10,000 grant to build a dormitory for girls who are attending their high school. Thirty girls are now able to stay in a safe environment while they attend school. These girls are getting more rest because they’re not walking so far to get to and from school, they have light to study by in the evenings, they have access to bathing and better hygiene, and they are doing better in school. We are honored to be able to support this incredible opportunity to help these 30 girls (and hundreds of girls to come!) have a safe, healthy environment that improves their education!
SEPTEMBER 2020 HIGHLIGHTS
- We supported Heart for Lebanon – which is providing holistic care for Syrian refugee families in Lebanon. They help meet families’ basic needs in the refugee camps, educate the children who aren’t able to attend formal school, and provide families with spiritual lifelines to help them move from surviving to thriving in life. Lives are changing everyday because of H4L’s important work and we’re grateful to be supporting them again for a second year.
- We added the Big Island of Hawaii to our geographic focus areas because several members of the Jernigan family are now living there.
- We are hoping to do some family service projects over the coming year in the areas where we live and have made grants.
COVID RESPONSE GRANT FUNDING
In the spring, we made a grant to United Way of Thurston County to help meet the needs across the community due to the COVID pandemic. UWTC did an incredible job leveraging funds from many sources to support community partners across the county. Families in need were able to get food, eviction assistance, utilities help, and other basic needs met. Thank you UWTC!
This photo is some of the food UWTC and their partners acquired to share with families in need.
June 2020 Update
GRANTEE SPOTLIGHT
Heart for Lebanon used our $10,000 grant to provide
schooling and biblical character development for 300
Syrian refugee children who are living in Lebanon.
JUNE 2020 HIGHLIGHTS
This quarter we got to support some great organizations across the globe and in our own backyard. It is a privilege to stand beside these partners who are changing the world – one life at a time.
- She is Safe is empowering women in India to engage in entrepreneurial and savings groups to keep them from getting lured into human trafficking situations.
- Black Girls Code is teaching young black girls the skills they need to enter the tech sector.
- Street Business School is training anti-trafficking organizations on their model so those organizations can help women start businesses as part of their recovery from human trafficking.
- Strategic Alliance to Fight Exploitation (SAFE) is meeting increased needs of trafficking victims and survivors in WA state during the pandemic.
- International School Project is training teachers to build moral and ethical character in their students based on the teachings of the Bible.
TIMELY GRANT FUNDING
We are delighted to partner with Rescue:Freedom during the pandemic. They are taking advantage of this time when brothels and red light districts are shut down overseas due to COVID-19 to get women and girls out of the horrific life of commercial sexual exploitation.
This photo is an empty red light district in Thailand.
March 2020 Update
GRANTEE SPOTLIGHT
SAFE in Washington
Our $10,000 grant was used to help 74
human trafficking survivors get jobs and
another 154 survivors get coached and
trained on their way to employment.
These 11 employers are already hiring survivors!
MARCH 2020 HIGHLIGHTS
- We funded $2,000 of food for backpack meals for homeless and low-income students.
- Jessica & Heather met with staff from the City of Olympia to discuss the Alliance model as part of the solution for the homelessness issue, and we are pursuing next steps.
NEW GRANT FUNDED
Northwest Family Life – to provide care, housing, and assistance to women and children who are escaping and recovering from domestic violence and human trafficking.
December 2019 Update
GRANTEE SPOTLIGHT
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Washington
Our $3,000 sponsorship was leveraged into
$342,000 raised at their auction!
DECEMBER 2019 HIGHLIGHTS
- Jessica & Dalton attended a SAFE celebration event and got to meet the organization we funded to help sex trafficking survivors get jobs.
- We now have updates/highlights on our website to share with friends and family.
- We are going to explore using an Alliance model in Olympia to tackle the homelessness issue.
- We made our first India grant!
NEW GRANT FUNDED
Rescue:Freedom International – to purchase a facility to protect, care for and educate children whose mothers work in brothels in a red-light district in West Bengal, India.
October 2019 Update
GRANTEE SPOTLIGHT
South Puget Sound Community College
Scholarships for deserving students.
ANNUAL 2019 HIGHLIGHTS
- We revamped our vision, mission, and focus areas to reflect who we are as a family!
- We have an all new logo!
- We have an all new website that highlights our grantees!
- We funded organizations we’ve loved for years and new ones we’re growing to love!
- We invested $160,500 in our community and across the world!
NEW GRANTS FUNDED
- Boys & Girls Club of Thurston County – to support the new club serving youth in Yelm, WA.
- ATK International – high school girl’s dormitory in Uganda.
