Meet today’s charity spotlight Jump With Jahkiyla Foundation (JWJF) the mission is to promote academic excellence, unity, leadership, and athletic superiority while providing financial support to under priviledged youth that have the desire to be apart of a community organized sport.
Founded by 10 year old, Jah’Kiyla Atwaters, who grew up in a single parent home, Jah’Kiyla has always been family oriented with a heart to lend a hand to those in need. The urge to help others and her outgoing personality led Jah’Kiyla to where she is today. Since the tender age of four she has been passionate about dancing and cheerleading. Alongside The Boynton Beach Bulldogs, East Coast Flames and The Boynton Beach Cougars, the very sassy and animated Jahkiyla herself has been awarded three victories in the State of Florida Championship Competition. Jahkiyla learned the value of the friendships and lessons acquired by team sports and was saddened to learn how many kids never have the chance to be involved in team sports. With the help of her mother and a team of dedicated family members and friends, Jahkiyla started her own foundation rightfully named the Jump With Jahkiyla Foundation, Inc.
The foundation is just one year old, but they are already providing scholarships to families in need, by granting registration fee scholarships to children who without this financial assistance would not be able to participate in a community organized sport programs. Scholarships are only available to cover the cost of registration for recreational teams and are not available to cover any additional costs (uniforms, equipment, tournaments, etc.).
Scholarship requests must be submitted to the Jump With Jahkiyla Foundation, Inc. office at least two (2) months prior to the regular registration deadline. Scholarships will not be awarded until one week prior to the registration deadline. The foundation committee, will consider all complete applications received by the application deadline. Scholarships are awarded for one sport per registrant and are only valued for one sport at a time, therefore, individuals registrants must reapply for each sport and year they are requesting assistance.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
- Athlete must be age 18 or younger
- Athlete must meet ACADEMIC requirements of a G.P.A. 2.5 or above
- Application must be completed by a parent, guardian, or head of household with all requested information provided. Incomplete applications will not be considered. The application is available by emailing: jwjfscholarship@gmail.com.
- Receiving assistance from programs including but not limited to: Food Stamps, Medicaid, SSI, Foster Care, WIC, etc. (Must provide written documentation of participation in these programs.
- Written recommendation by school representatives, social workers, youth community center workers, or other social services representatives.
- Documentation demonstrating an immediate financial hardship.
We absolutely love to see kids giving back, we applaud Jahkiyla’s efforts, way to give back. Stay connected with Jump with Jahkiyla follow them on Instagram and Twitter @jumpwithjahkiylafoundation and visiting them online at www.jumpwithjahkiylafoundation.org.
