Roanoke Rapids High graduate and current student athlete on the Football team at University of North Carolina, Nazair Jones has recently created an organization called MADE Men Mentoring, an non-profit that aims to provide a support system for underprivileged young men in North Carolina by pairing them with college student athletes who will mentor and support them in the areas of academics, competitive athletics, and manhood.
Jones has started a gofundme page to fund the start-up costs of MADE Men Mentoring including filing Articles of Incorporation, obtaining tax exempt status, and purchasing a domain name. He also supplementing the campaign with his own personal contribution. After completing the tedious work of funding the startup and obtaining proper paper work, they intend to use more formal funding channels such as grants and corporate donations. Then comes the fun stuff-- CHANGING LIVES. Jones dedicated to making a profound impact on our youth and he is asking for your help
The organization plans to have their official program launched by the end of the summer, leading into the 2016-2017 school year, so your support is crucial to keep on such an ambitious timeline. In order to meet this August 1st launch date, we are aiming to wrap up the fundraising on June 1st.
This organization was founded in loving memory of McGrue Booker, Jones's childhood mentor, who was instrumental in guiding him on his journey to becoming a college athlete and soon-to-be graduate--something he did not think was possible for him, given his family and living situation. It's Jones's dream to pass on this relationship to the younger generation of underprivileged or misguided young men so that they can also achieve something greater for themselves. It would mean so much to Jones to have your support, however big or small.
MADE Men Mentoring Go Fund me page: https://www.gofundme.com/mademenmentoring
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RRspin.com Sports has already partnered up with Jones to speak to the area young men athletes in the Roanoke Valley Middle schools in May.