Our Mission
Rooted in Multiculturalism, We improve the quality of life by collaborating with individuals, businesses & organizations in the greater community to promote & support organizations, create awareness, and inspire future generations to achieve their dreams & goals through strategic outreach, multimedia, and innovative grant making programs including mentoring, DNA testing and unique scholarships & grants promoting education and mental health for the global multicultural adoption and foster care community & their families
OUR VALUED SPONSORS & COMMUNITY PARTNERS
3RD ANNUAL
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ALEX MATTHEW PETTMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
FOR EDUCATION
2024
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ALEX MATTHEW PETTMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
FOR EDUCATION
2024
~ THE ROOTS OF MIXED ROOTS OF WHERE IT ALL STARTED ~
(1995 – 2022)
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Inaugural Mixed Roots High School Scholarship Winners
(1995 – 2022)
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Inaugural Mixed Roots High School Scholarship Winners
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DISCOVER YOUR BIOLOGICAL & CULTURAL ROOTS
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We are Filling in the GAGP by Helping Adoptees & Their Families Discover Their Biological and Cultural Roots Through DNA Testing and Important Search & Reunion Resources
We are Filling in the GAGP by Helping Adoptees & Their Families Discover Their Biological and Cultural Roots Through DNA Testing and Important Search & Reunion Resources
Be Inspired by Thomas’s Amazing Story and How He is Helping Other Korean Adoptees Find Their Roots
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Since its inception in 2011, We have Collaborated and Partnered with Over 190 Businesses and Community Organizations Nationwide
Since 2020, We Distributed (10) – $1,200 Dr. Joseph L. White Pioneering the Way Mentoring Scholarships for Education to Mentoring Scholars in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Minneapolis, and New York
Sponsored Over 11,000 adopted, foster youth and their families to our Signature MLB Adoptee Night events in partnership with the LA Dodgers, SF Giants, MN Twins, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, and NY Yankees since 2012
Distributed over $10,500 since 2012 in Grant Awards to Volunteer Search Angels through Our Spokeo Search Angels Program in partnership with Spokeo under our Global Adoptee Genealogy Project (GAGP)
Distributed 150 Back to School Packets in 2020 through our Inaugural Back to School Halloween Giveaway to two Community Partners: Five Acres and Variety Boys and Girls Clubs that included Original Halloween Cover Artwork by our 8 Year Old Founding Jr. Ambassador, Madeline
In Response to COVID-19, Established in March 2020, The #FosterChallenge Emergency Fund was Founded and Distributed over $57,126 to 26 Community Partners serving Foster Youth Nationwide in partnership with Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind, and Fire and his charity Music is Unity Foundation
~FROM THE ROOTS OF MIXED ROOTS (1995 – 2022)~
The Inaugural Mixed Roots High School Scholarship for Leadership in Education, Diversity and Community launched in May 2022 and awarded two deserving Owatonna High School Seniors in Minnesota which included $1,000 Scholarships each. The goal for next year is to grow the number of scholarships and ultimately expand nationwide.
Through the Global Adoptee Genealogy Project (GAGP)’s Filling in the GAGP Fund and the special longstanding partnership between 23andMe and Family Tree DNA since 2012, There has been an estimated of over 400 DNA Test Kits donated to those in need of discovering their biological and cultural roots through DNA with prioritizing adoptees and their families receiving these DNA test kits
~ LAUNCHED IN JULY 2022 ~
Through the Inaugural Alex Matthew Pettman Memorial Scholarship, We awarded 2 – $500 Scholarships to 2 individuals who have struggled with Mental Illness and Has the desire to further their education in Minnesota where we presented their checks at the annual NAMI Walk in September 2022. We hope to ultimately expand nationwide with our continued partnership with NAMI – National Alliance on Mental Illness. Call for Scholarship Applications for 2023 will be announced later next year.
