The Covid-19 Pandemic has created unprecedented challenges to health and healthcare around the world. In Uganda, village schools have closed due to shelter-in-place orders, and students and families have been cut off from food and supplies on which they...
In 2020, Emory’s Goizueta Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center received the D Jones Family Charitable Foundation’s most significant donation to help develop the VisMET (Visuospatial Memory Eye-Tracking Test) technology further. The goal is to screen people for memory issues, identifying...
In 2020, the D Jones Family Charitable Foundation continued its support of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research in honor of a family member diagnosed with the disease. According to its website, The Michael J. Fox Foundation...
The D Jones Family Charitable Foundation’s Junior Committee gifting in 2020 reflected their continued support of organizations that improve the lives and wellbeing of others. Organizations that received a gift from the committee were: The Children’s Advocacy Center in...
The D Jones Family Charitable Foundation is proud to continue its support of Canine Companions. Wounded veterans, children, and adults with disabilities benefit from Canine Companions for Independence® trained assistance dogs. According to its website, “the assistance dogs we...
The D Jones Family Charitable Foundation continues its Appalachian Initiative with a 2020 grant that continues its support for the DeWitt Elementary School—located in the Stinking Creek Community of Knox County, Kentucky. Like many rural communities in Appalachia, the...
2020 revealed the need for building resiliency and providing mental health services for children as more important than ever. The D Jones Family Charitable Foundation continued as a Funding Partner for the Center for Childhood Resilience (CCR) for the...
The D Jones Family Charitable Foundation continues its support of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation in its fight to cure Myeloma with a grant specifically for The MMRF CureCloud®. The MMRF CureCloud is a research study that includes the...