Grantee Successes

Collateral Repair Project – The Artemis Mills Foundation makes a difference every day in the lives of refugees and impoverished Jordanians in Amman, Jordan, by contributing to emergency basic needs aid and activities at their community centers for people to connect, learn skills, and heal from trauma. Collateral Repair Project is a small but mighty grassroots organization that believes in people coming together to create inclusive, empowered, and vibrant communities. These communities are resilient in the face of systemic challenges, and they can only do this work with the support of partners like the Artemis-Mills Foundation.

Waynedale Elementary – Artemis Mills Foundation is committed to supporting Waynedale Elementary to develop and extend its healthy eating and food science program with the school community garden project. Artemis International and the Artemis Mills Foundation have partnered with Waynedale Elementary to strategize, develop, support, and build school gardens. These gardens are perfect for project-based learning and provide an excellent opportunity for hands-on learning while engaging, encouraging, and empowering students. These gardens teach sustainability, support the green initiative, and promote health and wellness.

St. Vincent de Paul Society – Through the generosity of the Artemis Mills Foundation grant St. Vincent de Paul Society sustain its mission to reach out to those in their community requiring support for utilities, rent, security deposits, eviction prevention, and other emergency needs. In addition, the St. Vincent de Paul Society maintains a food pantry available to all. They sponsored a weekly soup kitchen that feeds between 60 – 80 of their neighbors on Wednesdays. St. Vincent de Paul also supports a summer camp for children who live in shelters. Camp St. Vincent gives children life-changing experiences they may not otherwise have had.

Freedom a la Cart – The Artemis Mills Foundation is one of many generous donors who assisted Freedom a la Cart with successfully opening its first-ever brick and mortar establishment in April 2021. The Freedom a la Cart Café + Bakery allows Freedom a la Cart to expand its workforce development capacity. Through this expansion, Freedom a la Cart employed twice as many survivors through the workforce development program, reaching over 600 survivors annually through a resource center located on the upper level of the café and extending its message of hope with a visual presence in the local community.

Freedom a la Cart has continued to implement peer support groups, monthly social outings, life skills workshops, plus more to the over 145 individuals within its Butterfly Continuum of Care program. It continues to supplement CATCH Court through weekly lunches, personal mentorship, plus supportive services to those within the program.

See the impact through the stories of survivors Freedom a la Cart serves: