Here is another spot­light on a young lady who is Kansas City born and wants to make a dif­fer­ence in the lives of our young peo­ple. Ms. Chantell Gar­rett who is the Pres­i­dent and Founder of R.U.B.I.E.S. Inc.

R.U.B.I.E.S stands for Real­iz­ing yoUr Best In Every Situation.…

How it got started?
Ms. Gar­rett  tells us that, “The con­cept of R.U.B.I.E.S., Inc. began as a col­lege project in 2006.  I did two busi­ness plans for a non­profit orga­ni­za­tion as course projects. I’ve always known I wanted to make a dif­fer­ence espe­cially in the lives of youth, but didn’t think the change would come so soon.  So while pur­su­ing my Master’s in Management/Fundraising, July 2010 I stepped out on faith and got the ball rolling and its been rolling ever sense…literally!”
What is the pur­pose of this organization?
“To enrich the lives of young ladies.  To cre­ate well-rounded young ladies that are being exposed to var­i­ous dynam­ics and pos­i­tives of life that they might not get at home or school.  The per­sonal pur­pose is to give a lit­tle bit of what other peo­ple (fam­ily, friends, men­tors) have deposited into the per­son I am today.”
What does the future hold for R.U.B.I.E.S?
“Of course Inter­na­tion­ally! I am a dreamer! But tak­ing baby steps I would like to see the pro­gram expand into  at least 10 addi­tional schools in the KCMSD within the next year ser­vic­ing at least 300 youth and mak­ing all our com­mu­nity ini­tia­tives such as “Project 100: 100 girls + 100 days + 100 dol­lars = 100 SCHOLARS”, “Empower YOU(th) Lead­er­ship Con­fer­ence” and “I Know! HIV/AIDS Ini­tia­tives” to have a huge impact and to be empow­er­ing to Kansas City and its sur­round­ing areas.”

Most mem­o­rable moment?

“Hav­ing a men-tee come up to me and say she wanted to be a “RUBIES like Ms. Chantell” mean­ing she wanted to be a men­tor and touch future lives.  That was an endear­ing moment because it let me know I was doing what I was crafted for.”

R.U.B.I.E.S. is an up and com­ing non-profit orga­ni­za­tion and con­tin­ues to keep the ball rolling on into the hol­i­days. They have a Christ­mas Wish List set up to con­tinue to help out the youth that needs us. If you would like to donate to help out R.U.B.I.E.S here is the wish list and how you can help.

* 30 girls glove and scarf sets
* 30 tick­ets to a children’s attrac­tion (i.e. Union Sta­tion, Coterie The­ater, etc.)
* Gift Cards
* Gen­eral Office Sup­plies
* Graphic Designer/Printer/Web Devel­oper
* Mentors/Volunteers
* $100 — Will pro­vide 1 col­lege schol­ar­ship for the “Project 100″ Schol­ar­ship Ini­tia­tive
* $500 will pro­vide 5 col­lege schol­ar­ships
* $1,000 will pro­vide 10 col­lege schol­ar­ships
* $25 will pro­vide 1 col­lege sur­vival kit
* $50 will send one deserv­ing stu­dent to the 2011 “Empower YOU(th) Lead­er­ship Conference

Dona­tions can be mailed to P.O. Box 300764 Kansas City, MO 64130 or made via PayPal.

Any other ques­tions or inquiries just con­tact Chantell Gar­rett and she will tell you all you need to know. Also check out the brochure below for more information.

Be sure to sup­port the pos­i­tive because our youth needs us. When no one else wants to be there for them we should!!!

RUBIESInc.org

On Fri­day, July 29th R.U.B.I.E.S. Inc.celebrated their one year anniver­sary at the Artis Event Space. As you entered the event you were greeted with a smile and the oppor­tu­nity to sign up for more infor­ma­tion on R.U.B.I.E.S as well as ways that you can help out. The atmos­phere was very invit­ing and had soft music play­ing in the back­ground that made you feel comfortable. “Cocktails and Cup­cakes” was a suc­cess, and if you made a dona­tion of $20 it included food, two drink tick­ets and one cup­cake tast­ing vote. There were four dif­fer­ent cup­cakes ven­dors to taste from and each one was delicious. After the tast­ing of each one every­one cast their vote for a winner. There was an over­whelm­ing response of sup­port for R.U.B.I.E.S. as peo­ple filled the build­ing to cel­e­brate with the R.U.B.I.E.S. Inc. staff. The ambiance of the event was upscale and inti­mate. With a slide show dis­play­ing all of the good times and accom­plish­ments of the first year of R.U.B.I.E.S. Inc. the crowd was able to see the just how much has been done already and where the non profit orga­ni­za­tion was headed to next.
 
Here is some pic­tures from the event pro­vided by @KikiOn1Click on Twitter
 
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