Community Corner
Columbia Jack and Jill Sets Up Reading Corner for Grassroots
Organization uses grant money to replace shelter furniture and establish library for children
The Columbia, MD Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. successfully applied for a nationwide Reading Corner grant of $3,000 from Jack and Jill of America Foundation and used the funds to replace furniture and establish a library in the family room at Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center in Columbia.
Representatives of Jack and Jill held a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony with refreshments for staff. Attending were (bottom row from l.) Foundation Committee member Marissa Carothers, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball, Chapter President Lisa Etheridge, (top row from l.) Foundation Committee member Khudayja Ward, Foundation Committee Chair Pier Blake and Foundation Committee member Kristen Daniel.
Grassroots is Howard County's 24-7 crisis intervention center and shelter for the homeless. for more information, visit www.grassrootscrisis.org .
