Friday Nov. 20, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m, downtown Sycamore, IL. Friends of JAMS will help kick off your holiday season as Discover Sycamore welcomes visitors to the town with an evening full of activities for the entire family. Come check out live holiday displays in the windows of downtown businesses, including an entertaining live Kenyan Christmas display...
What a great First Annual Jammin' for JAMS on Sunday, September 13 in DeKalb, IL! We all enjoyed the music provided by Mathew Tembo and the Afro Routes and the displays of photos of the school and the students as well as the fair trade craft display. Thank you to all of you who attended, donated, and bought crafts...
Don’t miss out!! Internationally famous African musician Mathew Tembo and the Afro Routes perform live September 13th, 2015, from 1:00-4:00pm at a benefit for the Jane Adeny Memorial School for Girls (JAMS) at the House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, IL. All proceeds will go directly to the school for scholarships, books, the science building, and other needed projects...
New Partnership! Vv Apparel has announced that they have chosen Jane Adeny Memorial School for Girls for their Forever Giver Program. Vv Apparel will donate 15% of product sales to Jane Adeny Memorial School when the promo code AFRICA is entered AND the customer will receive a 10% discount on their order for using the code...
A generous donor, who lived in Kenya as a teen, has offered to match donations to reach a total of $120,000 to build a science building and equip chemistry, biology, and physics labs. She will provide $60,000 if we are able to raise the other $60,000...
Mark your calendars for the First Annual Jammin’ for JAMS! Award-winning musician Mathew Tembo will perform at the benefit concert on Sunday, September 13, from 2:00–4:00p.m. at the House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, Illinois...
In late summer of 2014, several members of Bread & Roses, a women’s chorus in northern Illinois, contacted Friends of Jane Adeny Memorial School for Girls with an exciting proposal. Bread & Roses was preparing to celebrate their 20th anniversary with a special concert in April of 2015. They wanted to make Jane Adeny School for Girls the beneficiary of that concert...
We're planning a Fundraiser for Fall 2015! Contact us if you'd like to be part of the planning team.
Exciting News! All donations received at the Bread & Roses Concert will go twice as far! An anonymous donor has generously offered to match ALL donations made to JAMS through the concert...
Chelsea hand delivered her donation to Jane Adeny Memorial School for Girls to Diana Swanson, President of Friends of JAMS. She also kindly gave Diana a drawing which is now proudly displayed in Diana’s office. Chelsea’s mother explains how this all came about...