Refill Café, a workforce development program and soon-to-be full-service restaurant based in West Jackson, recently announced plans to open its doors in the fall of this year, after more than two years of planning and preparation. The Refill Jackson Initiative is a fund at the Community Foundation for Mississippi (CFM). CFM has supported the program since its inception, helping to ensure Refill Café will provide opportunities for Jackson’s most vulnerable young adults to have access to job training, mentoring, and other wraparound services and supports they need to secure gainful employment. The initiative focuses specifically on youth ages 18 to 24 who are disconnected from the workforce and formal education.    The project is modeled after similar efforts in other communities, with an added focus on providing healthy eating options and a gathering space in the heart of Jackson. The Community Foundation has provided the financial infrastructure and back office support to help Refill Café lay the groundwork to becoming a stand-alone nonprofit organization. The organization will soon begin the fundraising and program development process to take their ideas from concept to implementation.   Your support of the Community Foundation for Mississippi makes transformational programs like Refill Café possible. No matter what cause or community is important to you, we can help you move from ideas to action. Call us at 601.974.6044 or visit formississippi.org for more information.

We congratulate the team at Refill Café for the amazing work they are doing  For good. For Mississippi . Learn more about Refill by visiting  https://refillcafejackson.com/ .

March was Women’s History Month, and we are proud to feature the work of the Women’s Foundation of Mississippi. The Women’s Foundation,a public grantmaking foundation focused on improving conditions for women and girls across the state,began as a field-of-interest fund at the Community Foundation for Mississippi and grew into a stand-alone nonprofit organization. Learn more about their work here  https://www.womensfoundationms.org/timeline/interest-fund/ .   You can learn more about field-of-interest funds and how these funds support community-changing programs across our state by contacting us today.

In a few short months, we will kick off a year of recognition and celebration of the Foundation’s 25 years of service to central Mississippi. We recognize everyone in our network has a powerful and moving story about their connection to our work, so we will be reaching out to donors, fund holders, community members, and other stakeholders to share your reflections on what we’ve been able to help communities accomplished over the past 25 years.   We hope you will be a part of our celebration and efforts to support lasting change in communities across the state.

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