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Seasons Greetings,
This holiday season you can help under-resourced teens Experience Hope
across the ocean!
As we approach the final weeks of 2017 we are surprised and grateful at how we continue to grow. The Jeremy Stom Remembrance Foundation has spread its wings across cities and states to help under-resourced teens for the past six and a half years. This coming year we hope to expand those wings even further to teens that have endured extreme hardship on the island of Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria. Why Puerto Rico? JSRF will select teens from the town of Rincon, P.R., to honor Jeremy and his brother Jean's Puerto Rican heritage, and this very special place where they both loved to visit their beloved grandmother.
As we mentioned in our last newsletter, this has been our most diverse year. We sponsored teens to spiritual retreats, and various day and resident camps in Alabama, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri and Wisconsin. Teens enjoyed sports camps such as: lacrosse, soccer, football, basketball, and let's not forget the entire track team for a second year at Chicago Jesuit Academy. And finally, in October we partnered with Kessel Training and sponsored six under-resourced teens to participate in travel team basketball. Please see below some of their very own testimonials about their experience of hope!
This year alone we sponsored
44
teens! We are happy to share with you that as of today we have helped a total of
126
teens! We remind each of you reading this newsletter that it is through your generosity and giving hearts that together we are able to provide so many teens an Experience of Hope!
Wishing each of you and your families good health, joy and happiness and may the holiday spirit be with you throughout the New Year!
Peace, Love, & Gratitude,
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Thanks to all who joined us for the 12 Tastings of Christmas on Sunday, December 3rd, at Treetime Christmas Creations. I
t was an amazing
evening. We had over 85 JSRF friends and supporters attend the magical evening. A special thank you to Treetime (Laurie & Joe Kane,the Treetime staff and the amazing JSRF committee members) for all their hard work in hosting this yearly fundraiser and making
JSRF their charity of choice. Beautiful m
usic
was provided by Wayne Ewing, with his dueling "Piano Guyz", and tastings and wine were provided by the JSRF committee and the International House of Wine and Cheese.
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We wanted to share some of the letters we received from one of the coaches and a few participants in the travel team basketball camp.
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Our Mission
Empowering under-resourced adolescents to
Experience Hope
by sponsoring partici
pation in recreati
onal activities enabling them to learn life survival skills and grow independently, spiritually, and intellectually.
Our Vision
JSRF
believes that giving adolescents an opportunity to gain self-awareness through recreational activities will help them reach their full potential. The ultimate vision is to aid adolescents in personal growth, as well as to help them discover a sense of freedom from everyday pressures and find joy within themselves.
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The Jeremy Stom Remembrance Foundation is a
not-for-profit
501(c)(3)
charitable organization
established in loving memory of Jeremy Stom.
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Your gift provides opportunity for an adolescent
to
Experience Hope.
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Volunteers Welcome
If you would like to join the JSRF fundraising committee or would like to organize an event for us, please contact us at info@jeremystomfoundation.org or 847-438-8058.
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#GivingTuesday is a global day dedicated to giving back ... and that's exactly what JSRF supporters did on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 and the weeks that followed. JSRF friends and supporters joined together for one common purpose: "to celebrate generosity and to give". T
his year we increased our donations by nearly 600% compared to last year, and we are extremely thankful to YOU for participating in the #GivingTuesday Campaign!
Thank You! Gracias! Merci!
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