JAAC continues to partner with LA Family Housing. This organization connects participants with housing placement combined with supportive services to help thousands of people transition out of homelessness and retrain long-term housing stability. At the Annual JAAC Banquet in November 2018, members and supporters of JAAC donated toiletries, gift cards, clothing and toys which were later presented during the Thanksgiving and Christmas season. In May 2017, members of the Executive board hosted a birthday party at the Cesar Chavez home, recognizing the children who celebrated their birthdays that month. They provided gifts, food and party favors for 30 participants including children and their parents. JAAC continues to donate funds toward the purchasing of furniture and mattresses for needy families at the LA Family Housing.

In November 2017 JAAC partnered with Inland Empire United Way in their effort at improving the lives and future of children and families in need by volunteering hours to our local community. On October 7, 2017 JAAC volunteered with others to beautify and revitalize Del Norte Elementary School in Ontario.

In November 2017 JAAC partnered with Inland Empire United Way in their effort at improving the lives and future of children and families in need by volunteering hours to our local community. On October 7, 2017 JAAC volunteered with others to beautify and revitalize Del Norte Elementary School in Ontario.

On Veterans Day, November 10, 2017 members of JAAC in partnership with Feed LA County volunteered to help feed 5,000 vets at the Center of Hope, JAC Inc., located at 55 E. Villa St. at N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena. Members prepared, cooked and assembled meals for homeless veterans and the needy in the community.

This picture on right looks like it’s just a normal beautiful face. But it’s so much more, it’s a heart, a passion, a drive, a commitment and a dream come true. It’s a dream that started 6 years ago when Valrie Kim Johnson, age 17, left the shores of Jamaica for six months for California for an amputation procedure, sponsored by the Jamaica Awareness Association of California (JAAC) due to a crooked leg. She had to walk a total of 3 miles per day on crutches up and down the hill, back and forth to school.

Read More