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About Us
Just Us Girls is a Georgia nonprofit organization
for girls in 6th to 12th
grade. Our goal is to give girls the tools to make
positive life choices and a sense of their own
personal power. Just Us Girls helps girls live
healthier more productive lives, promotes community
responsibility, and encourages alternatives to
drugs, alcohol and early sexual activity.
Mission
To enhance the scope of positive life choices for
at-risk girls, not regarding socio-economic level,
through mentoring, educational activities and
counseling.
Vision Statement
Just
Us Girls Mentoring Program envisions, self reliant,
self confident young ladies who are aware of their
own personal power as the key to their future.
About the Founder/Director
Jackie Martin is an Advanced Practice
Registered
Nurse with over thirty (30) years in the medical
field, including 10 years as a family Nurse
Practitioner. Eight of those years were spent in
the practice of pediatrics. Jackie graduated from
North Carolina Baptist Hospital School of Nursing
and received her Master of Science Degree from
Georgia State University. She is a Board Certified
Nurse Practitioner in the state of Georgia and
presently works for Take Care Health of Georgia.
In
her practice of pediatrics she saw a need for
programs for at risk children that would address the
obstacles they face. Parents would often comment
that they were looking for mentoring programs, but
when they were able to find them, they were often
put on a waiting list. Out of this need came the
vision for Just Us Girls. As organizer and
president of her church health ministry, she started
the Just Us Girls workshop in 2003, which targeted
girls ages 10 through high school. The workshops
grew each year exponentially. She also held a
workshop for boys called Just Us Guys. Seeing the
need for an ongoing support program there came the
idea for the Just Us Girls Mentoring Program. Just
Us Girls, Inc is a 501©3 organization. Jackie is the
mother of three sons Mitchell II, Jonathan and
Matthew and is married to Mitchell Martin.
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The Faces of
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September 11, 2009
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