The Rashad M. McClaney Foundation

03/12/2026

💎We're excited to see the performance!

03/12/2026

💎 Their Girls Empowered to Mentor and Serve!

03/12/2026

💎GEMS choose Chipotle dinner! The staff on Berryhill were awesome!

03/11/2026

💎 The GEMS are all smiles heading to see STOMP this evening! We're all excited! Thanks to Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Dhali for chaperoning!

03/10/2026

💎Join the GEMS and Charles Henderson Middle School's Future Men of Troy for our community clean up efforts in April! We have partnered with Alabama PALS (People Against A Littered State) to keep our school communities clean. More details to come.

03/08/2026

📚✨ Read Across Pike with GEMS ✨📚

Thursday was a beautiful day of literacy, leadership, and community! The GEMS (Girls Empowered to Mentor and Serve) from Charles Henderson Middle School had the wonderful opportunity to partner with Troy Elementary School for Read Across Pike.

Our GEMS scholars visited Pre-K, Kindergarten, and First Grade classrooms, where they shared stories, smiles, and a love for reading with some very attentive young listeners. It was inspiring to watch our middle school girls step into leadership roles as they encouraged the youngest learners to explore the joy of books.

Moments like these remind us that mentorship can begin early and literacy opens the door to endless possibilities. We are proud of our GEMS for being positive role models and for helping build a community where students lift one another up.

A special thank you to the staff and students at Troy Elementary School for welcoming us so warmly, and to Charles Henderson Middle School for supporting opportunities that allow our girls to serve and lead.

📖 On Thursday we didn’t just read books…
💎 Our GEMS helped spark a love of learning.
McClaney

03/05/2026

💎 GEMS - Great message I try to instill in our young ladies at the middle school.

03/04/2026

💎 GEMS RAP (Read Across Pike)
Enjoy Walt Disney's Scamp:The Adventures of a Little Puppy
Character Lesson: It is okay to be curious and explore, but you must make safe decisions
Questions:
What do you think is the meaning of adventurous?
2. Why do you think the little puppy's name is Scamp?
3. What are some things that Scamp does to live out his name?
4. What is Scamp usually doing while the other three puppies are together?
5. What positive act does Scamp do at the end of the story!

03/02/2026

The Foundation supports National Read Across America Week! Tag us showing your support of literacy - be it at home, school, the park, riding in the car! Let's encourage the children to read, read, read!

02/28/2026

WANT FREE BOOKS FOR YOUR CHILD, AGES 0-5, let 💎GEMS help you register your child(ren) with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. 📚It's an easy process, but if you need us, we will be available on this Tuesday and Wednesday from 10:15 - 12:15. Message us to set up a time. We are here to serve!

The goal of the statewide expansion is to make books available to children ages 0-5 in every zip code in Alabama.