James A. Jones "I Can, We Can" Scholarship

08/17/2025

Updated James A. Jones Scholarship donation link.

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12/03/2024

James A. Jones/I Can We Can Scholarship is participating in Mid-Shore Gives 2024 Campaign on Tuesday December 3. The Class of ‘78 committee is requesting your support for this worthy cause. We welcome donations at all levels.

Click Here
https://www.midshoregives.org/organizations/james-a-jones-i-can-we-can

Click below for additional James A. Jones/I Can We Can Scholarship information.

https://icanwecanscholarship.wordpress.com/

For donations after December 3, 2024, use this link Mid-Shore Community Foundation,Inc. . Please identify James A Jones as the charity.

Also, at any time checks can be made payable and mail to the Mid-Shore Community Foundation,102 East Dover Street, Easton, MD 21601 and note James A. Jones I Can We Can as the charity for the gift.

Thanking you in advance for your support.

James A. Jones/I Can We Can Scholarship Committee – Lisa Jones, Peter Gates, Sharon Smith-Lunn, Linda Hopkins, Alma Hackett White, Monique Pinelli and Kim Briscoe Moody

“I Can, We Can”

11/27/2023

Friends, former donors and future supporters,

The James A. Jones "I Can, We Can" Scholarship had a wonderfully successful year in 2023. Thanks to your generosity and vision, we awarded three scholarships to graduating Kent County High School students for their use in furthering their education and following their passion. It was an honor to represent you who make it possible! Thank you.

We are seeking to continue our trend of increased support, this year hoping increase the amount of our awards. That will depend on the gifts we receive this year, and we are well on our way! Please join us and help make that possible! Please support James A. Jones/I Can We Can Scholarship Committee this year as we participate in the Mid-Shore Gives 2023 Campaign. Mid-Sure Community Foundation is our scholarship administrator, curating our contributions and ensuring the proper distribution of awards.
Here is the link: https://www.midshoregives.org/

To give as part of this campaign, from the link select View All then go to page 3 and scroll until you see the James A Jones/I Can We Can information. This will ensue that James A. Jones "I Can, We Can" Scholarship receives the funds.

For more information about the James A. Jones/I Can We Can Scholarship, use the link below or explore the information on this page.
https://icanwecanscholarship.wordpress.com/

For any donations after November 28, 2023 the following link must be used. https://www.mscf.org/ As above, please identify James A Jones as the charity.
Donations can be paid by check, credit card or PayPal. Make checks payable/mail to the Mid-Shore Community Foundation,102 East Dover Street, Easton, MD 21601 and note James A. Jones "I Can, We Can" as the charity to benefit from the gift.

Thank you in advance for your support.

05/26/2023

Come visit the James A. Jones "I Can, We Can" Scholarship booth at Chestertown Tea Party 2023. Learn about our mission. See how you can support. We will be near the Chesapeake Heritage van at the foot of High Street. Look for our banner.

05/26/2023

The James A. Jones "I Can, We Can" Scholarship celebrates its 3rd year of supporting Kent County High School seniors with the award of three $1000 scholarships to graduating African American seniors. Congratulations to our recipients. May you have great success in pursuing your passions!
(Photo: KCHS scholarship awards ceremony 2023)

05/28/2022

If you are at the Chestertown Tea Party, visit the James A Jones “I Can, We Can” Scholarship booth near People’s Bank. See what we are doing, learn how you can support.

01/05/2021

Who was James A. Jones?

James A. Jones (1803-1894) was a prominent businessman in Chestertown Maryland. He was a grocer, butcher and owned several parcels of land. Ratification of the 15th Amendment (1870) gave African American men the right to vote. However, the local elections in Chestertown required voters to own land. James A. Jones and another affluent businessman, Issac Anderson, changed the course of history by selling portions of their land to African American men. James A. Jones sold one square foot of land to 44 men for 25 cents each ensuring their right to vote.

It just so happens that James A. Jones was the great-great-great grandfather of Lisa Jones, our classmate, from the Kent County High School Class of 1978! Learning about this connection to our class was one of the things that inspired Monique Odell-Pinelli to pursue creation of the scholarship.

01/05/2021

What inspired the creation of the James A. Jones "I Can, We Can" Scholarship?

While reflecting on the murder of George Floyd and the continued observations of our culture’s systemic racial injustices, Monique Odell-Pinelli was sparked to action. The idea of supporting students in the pursuit of their dreams through a scholarship caught the attention and interest of her classmates. She pulled together a committee (Alma Hackett-White, Kim Briscoe-Moody, Linda Hopkins, Lisa Jones, Peter Gates and Sharon Smith-Lunn) that has been working to bring her vision of a scholarship to fruition.

The six classmates have been meeting and working over the past 7 months to create the scholarship. Funds have already been raised for a Spring 2021 award to two Kent County High School African American graduates, one male and one female, who plan to continue their education at a vocational/trade school, performing arts school or college/university.