Gaines-Jones Scholars

12/15/2025

There is a zero degree of separation between our Scholars and your dollars.
✨Please give today✨

Gaines-Jones Scholars 2025 Holiday Appeal for college scholarships for African Americans in southwest GA and SG Bay Area

11/25/2023

Our 20-year old family charity, Gaines-Jones Scholars, has very low overhead, no brick and mortar no paid staff.

❇️My husband, Rob, and I run it as volunteers along with a bicoastal board of directors.

❇️100% of all donations go directly toward scholarships.

🔆Follow link in bio to GIVE NOW!🔆

11/25/2023

Giving Tuesday is coming!

Please help us continue to make a difference in the lives of our Gaines-Jones Scholars✨ with college scholarships for Black students in southwest Georgia and the San Francisco Bay Area.

11/14/2023

Hello to friends and family in SOWEGA (Southwest Georgia) ✨

Many folks are asking where’s near place to buy my novel, The Peach Seed. I prefer that you shop locally and give the business to my good friends The Bookshelf in lively/lovely down Thomasville, GA. In-person or online. They have signed copies✨📚

Fletcher Dukes and Altovise Benson reunite after decades apart--and a mountain of secrets--in this debut exploring the repercussions of a single choice and how an enduring talisman challenges and holds a family together. On a routine trip to the Piggly Wiggly in Albany, Georgia, widower Fletcher Duk...

07/07/2020

This heart wrenching piece was written by my cousin, Dr. Robert Jones, who was born and raised in Dawson, GA and was a founding Gaines-Jones board member.

'I worry that these latest betrayals of trust will lead another generation to conclude that our world will forever remain neither just nor fair if you are born Black. I

06/17/2020

There could be no greater birthday gift than adding twelve bright new Gaines-Jones Scholars to our roster! Stay tuned as we formally introduce them on our website soon! Until then, may these faces give you hope for our planet's future:

05/06/2020

Anita Gail Jones sharing: Debut Gaines-Jones Scholars Video -

05/01/2020

Calling all High School seniors!!

Sponsored in part by The Lebron James Family Foundation. $5,000 scholarships...follow link for info.
DEADLINE IS MAY 8th:

America honors the class of 2020

05/01/2020

Our first-ever short video message: Filmed in Albany, GA on March 13, 2020 during our Spring Huddle. We're excited to have you meet and hear firsthand from some of our Scholars. -