About
The late Marion Stubbs Thomas founded Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated, on January 24, 1938, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Twenty mothers came together to discuss creating an organization to provide social, cultural and educational opportunities for youth between the ages of 2 and 19. In 1946, 10 chapters were involved in the national restructuring process. The constitution and bylaws were drawn up, and the organization was incorporated under the laws of the state of Delaware.
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Today, Jack and Jill boasts more than 230 chapters nationwide, representing more than 40,000 family members. Each chapter plans annual programming activities guided under a national theme. Through service projects, Jack and Jill of America creates a medium of contact for children to stimulate their growth and development.
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The Toledo Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. was founded in December 1952 by a group of loving exceptional women who happened to also be dedicated mothers. Catherine Holland was the chapter’s first president. Though the list is much greater, some members of the earlier years were Katee Martin, Helen Duffy, Thelma Adams, Genevieve Dale, Marion Nunn, Ruth H. Smith, Louise Brower, Charlie B. Nunn, Thelma Jones, Ruth Thomas, Eudora Dobois, Erminie Hart, Doris M. Bryant and Isabelle Carter. Throughout the years, other families involved with Jack and Jill just to name a few include Dr. Sherlon Brown, Zephyr Taylor, Jackie Adams, Lera Doneghy, Yolanda Jackson, Helen Woody, Kay Thorpe, Shirley Duckins, Juanita Price, Gwen Brown, Wanda Brown, Beverly Baker, Vera Rice, Waverly Early, Lucretia Thomas, Odessa Rowan, Rosie Lewis, Olivia Newby, Carol Baker, Kay Cook, Doris Thomas, Danise St. Andrews Fisher, Michele Taylor-Smith, Deborah Carlisle, Theotress Badgett, Joan Coleman, and Brunetta O’Neal. Some of our prominent alums from the Toledo Chapter are Columbus, Ohio mayor, Michael Coleman, Cleveland O’Neal, a major television producer and Terrance O’Neal, the first African-American elected president of the American Institute of Architects - New York Chapter.
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“To us as mothers, [Jack and Jill] has become a means of furthering an inherent and natural desire …to bestow upon our children all the opportunities possible for a normal and graceful approach to a beautiful adulthood.” – Marion Stubbs Thomas
Our Mission
MISSION: Jack and Jill of America, Inc., is a membership organization of mothers with children ages 2 – 19, dedicated to nurturing future African American leaders by strengthening children through leadership development, volunteer service, philanthropic giving and civic duty.


Our Vision
To bond in service and sisterhood while nurturing our children as they strive to become the next generation of leaders in our community
Officers and General Membership
Jeanna Temple- President
Naz Tubman - Vice President
Candice Harrison- Immediate Past President
Sheila Eason- Program Director
Kim Algee - Treasurer
Shawna Woody- Recording Secretary and Corresponding Secretary
Shawanna LaVoy, Financial Secretary
Jovita Robertson- Associates Chair
Candice Harrison- Foundation Chair
Reva Moore- Editor
Candice Harrison- Technology Chair
Sharonda Diggins-Protocol Chair
Jovita Robertson - Chaplain
Reggie Temple - Father's Auxiliary Chair
Nikki Tolliver- Lead Teen Advisor
Langston Baker- Teen Auxiliary President
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Our Chapter
Members​
Kimberly Algee
Olla Avery
NaTasha Baker
Charmaine Brown
Angelita Cruz Bridges
Sharonda Diggins
Sheila Eason
Salena Ferguson
Candice Harrison
Tamika Kemp
Shawanna LaVoy
Nadia Lewis
Tisha Lee-Mays
Patrice McClellan
Reva Moore
Teanya Norwood- Ekwenna
Jovita Robertson
Rita Russell
Jeanna Temple
Nicole Tolliver
Naz Tubman
Kalah Walker
Tiffany Preston-Whitman
Shawna Woody
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Toledo Chapter Officers


Jeanna Temple
President

Naz Tubman
Vice President


Kim Algee
Treasurer

Sheila Eason
Program Director
Shawna Woody
Recording and Corresponding Secretary
