News & Events

Thank You!

WOW! Dear friends, you surpassed our expectations for Give DeKalb County day! You gave 121% of our goal...

May 8th, 2019|News|

Continued Progress on the New JAMS Resource Center

Friends of JAMS has pledged to raise $30,000 to provide the Resource Center with computers, tables, bookshelves, desks, chairs, and internet connectivity...

May 7th, 2019|News|

October 11, 2019 – Friends of JAMS FUNdraiser!

Mark your calendar for the 2019 Friends of JAMS FUNdraiser! Friday, October 11, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m., at Faranda’s in DeKalb, IL.

April 30th, 2019|Events|

May 2, 2019 – Give DeKalb County Day

Friends of JAMS will participate in Give DeKalb County, a 24-hour day of giving online and in person, on May 2. Your gift through Give DeKalb County will be augmented, on a prorated basis, by a bonus pool...

April 10th, 2019|Events|

Give It Up For JAMS!

Friends of JAMS has our first intern, Pooja Ballantine, an NNGO (Nonprofit and Non-Governmental Organizations) major at Northern Illinois University...

April 4th, 2019|News|

Improving Our Transparency and Outreach

Friends of JAMS has earned a 2019 Gold Seal by adding information to our Nonprofit Profile on GuideStar...

March 14th, 2019|News|

Success for the Class of 2018

In November 2018, the fifth graduating class of Jane Adeny Memorial School for Girls took their national graduation exams, commonly known in Kenya as KCSE exams (Kenyan Certificate of Secondary Education)...

January 15th, 2019|News|

New Partnership Endorses JAMS

Jane Adeny Memorial School has received a ringing endorsement from Brett Weiss, founder and director of the Weiss Scholarship Foundation...

December 10th, 2018|News|

Exciting New Music Program

Nelle Conley, 2018 graduate of Augustana College's music education program, has pioneered a music program at JAMS...

December 1st, 2018|News|

Entrepreneurial Endeavors Expanding

Over the past four years, JAMS has established several micro-enterprises on campus: raising chickens and selling eggs, running a dairy, growing vegetables, raising pigs, and baking bread...

November 15th, 2018|News|