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In the picture above, F.I.A.T.M. Founder, Yakuba Brown (a.k.a. Kuba Brown) is passionately describing where we are heading. If you’ve ever encountered him you know precisely what I mean. Before you even know what happened, you’re knodding along in absolute agreement that the vision will come to pass. Recently, I’ve been on a quest to refamiliarize myself with the deep intricacies and subtle nuances it takes to see a goal, mission or vision materialze. I’ll spare you the details behind that for now. Suffice it to say, it is highly important to align yourself with an organization that not only knows where its been, but is crystal clear on where it is heading. Highly important. The reason behind that is we all have a certain finite number of hours on this earth plane. It is important what we do with those hours. I don’t know about you, but I’m not interested in chasing good time after futile time. Instead I enjoy knowing that the future looks so good for F.I.A.T.M. that we’ll need shades. Now, lest you think I’m on my pollyanna bandwagon, I am not. It’s going to take work, tapped and untapped resources, newly honed skillsets, excellent communication skills and so much more. Most importantly, it’s going to take you, dear reader. We need help. There is nothing wrong with asking for help. There is something indeed wrong with not asking for help. In not asking for help we are inherently limiting our reach. We are denying the efficacy of the great work that is being done at F.I.A.T.M.. We are hiding our light under a bushel. We are basically letting down our community. We are preventing a success story from being created and told which could create hope in a child and a family. We are blocking our blessings and yours. We are sitting in the bleachers instead of being active participants for change. How can you help? Glad you asked. Here are some pressing needs that we have. Hopefully either you or someone you care about feels comfortable helping us. If as you peruse this list of immediate needs someone comes to mind feel comfortable sending an email to: [email protected]

1. We need all hands on deck. Here’s what that can look like for you: Register to become a volunteer/mentor for a child. We are looking to expand our reach in various schools. In order to accept those requests, we need more people.
2. Introductions. It’s been said that each person knows 150 people. We need to be introduced to our next sponsor, benefactor, supporter, backer or patron. Who’s the next person or organization that you know that would feel comfortable investing in the youth? You know someone. Whoever came to mind first, feel comfortable making an introduction.
3. We need your skillsets. You’d be surprised what a positive impact your natural talents can make in the lives of others. If you have a few extra hours to spare we’d love to conduct an exploratory conversation with you. Some of the skillsets we need right now are: Social Media poster, CRM + database segmentation, video + audio engineering, photography, familiarty with apps like: Canva. Photoshop, MailChimp, Excel, PowerPoint and Slack.

Well, that will do for now. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel comfortable sending an email to: [email protected]. Feel comfortable leaving a comment here on the blog. Looking forward to seeing you next week!


Jacqui: Dobens~)




Byline: Jacqui Dobens has an eclectic shoe collection, loves karaoke (admittedly she’s not very good at it), enjoys discovering the etymology of words and is addicted to BBC detective series.