Our Board of Directors met on Tuesday, May 27th to review the applications we received from students in the Savannah Chatham County Public School System. In order to qualify, the student must have been served by an IEP during the current school year.
The scholarship for 2025 was awarded to a promising graduate of Jenkins High School who will be attending South Carolina State University. Congratulations to this student. We wish him all the best.
Our board Chair, Melissa Miles was delighted to have been invited to speak at the Jewish Education Alliance on September 21st. Melissa was the guest speaker during “Food for Thought” and spoke about the need for disability representation in children’s literature.
Part of our mission is to raise awareness of the need to diverse books, so it was wonderful to be able to share this with the group.
Thanks to a generous donation from Leopold’s Ice Cream in Savannah, we were able to deliver almost 2,000 books to Fort Stewart today. These books will be distributed through Morale, Welfare and Recreation to each of the kids ages 3-8 in the Child Development Centers on both Ft. Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield.
One of our foundation’s aims is to raise awareness of kids with disabilities. We can’t wait for the young children of our nation’s service members to dig in to the books!
Huge thanks to Leopold’s and also the staff at MWR Ft. Stewart for making this happen!
Thanks to a generous donation from Leopold’s Ice Cream on Broughton Street, we’ve been able to print enough copies to donate a book to every school-aged child in the Child Development Centers at Ft. Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield. We missed “Month of the Military Child” in April, but the books are on their way! Thanks so much to Stratton at Leopold’s for making this possible.
Click here to watch this amazing video of Kim Gusby from WSAV Savannah reading our book with cute animations!.
We are thrilled to share purchase links for Jeremiah Justice Saves Camp!
If you’d like to purchase a copy signed by the author and illustrator and you’re local to Savannah, check out Neighborhood Comics on Bull Street!.
On Thursday, May 19th, Board Chair Melissa Miles will present our first scholarship recipient with a book and certificate at his high school awards breakfast. The award will be paid directly to the college he’s attending this fall. We are so thrilled to be able to do this. Thank you for your support of our programs!
This is the second year our board chair, Melissa Miles and board Treasurer, Lewis Miles have attended the Frosty 5K Run benefiting Project Search. A table was set up with books, art and trading cards to raise awareness of our special needs superheroes, as well as support a local program that helps students with special needs transition from school into the workplace.
Read more about Project Search and the annual event here.
We are beyond thrilled to share the news that illustrator Rashad Doucet has signed a contract and begun work on the second of our special needs superhero books!! This book’s working title is Jeremiah Justice Saves Camp! Not only will readers get to share in more adventures with Jeremiah Justice as he battles a new villain, they’ll meet our newest superhero Bella Grace!
Check back here for more information as the project progresses. We appreciate all the love and support we’ve received, and love to hear from families who’ve read the book.
**Rashad also has a new book available to preorder now from Simon and Schuster Publishing! Check it out here.
On Thursday, September 19th at 6:00 PM, we will be hosting our first annual fundraising event at Shepherd Living at Savannah Quarters in Pooler, GA. There will be a champagne fountain, chocolate fondue fountain, lots of other great foods, a silent auction, and more. Your admission cost provides you with a champagne flute you can enjoy with the fountain, then take home as a souvenir. Purchase your ticket in advance and be entered to win a 60 minute massage from the Shepherd spa! We hope to see you there!
Come out and see us at Barnes and Noble in Savannah on Sunday, August 19th at 2:00. We’d love to see you!
