UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR CHILDREN, INC.

(ULC)
In association with the Earl and Carolyn Glenn Foundation

Connecting the Dots

Spring 2020

ULC CELEBRATES 10-YEAR MILESTONE

During the 2019 Mission trip, ULC began
the celebration of its 10th Anniversary. The
Celebration was marked with humor, reminiscing
over stops along the journey, memorable
moments, and the funniest moments as well as
sharing how ULC has impacted lives.
Both Dr. Earl and Mrs. Carolyn Glenn passionately
shared their gratitude for ULC’s success and
that it was “Because of You.” A very moving
visual tour video captured the ten-year journey.
Participants were given a token of appreciation
for their years of service and support.
ULC FOUNDERS RECOGNIZED
The Glenns also received the Southern Area
Links ”Civic Award” in June 2019, at their
bi-annual conference in Orlando, FL, The couple
was recognized for their extraordinary work at
Watford Hill Primary School.

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 2019 PROGRAM IMPACT
WHAT THE Watford Hill Significant milestones have been reached
since the ULC / WHPS partnership
Primary School (WHPS)
Stakeholders are saying! • Academic progress is evident with
national achievement test scores
Watford Hill Primary has a remarkable
increasing from the 40th percentile in
story to tell!
2013 to the 80th percentile in 2019

Watford Hill has, over the last few years,
risen from a school that was about to be
closed by the Ministry of Education to
one that is now doing exceptionally well
in all things they participate in. The effort
that is now being made by the school to
assist children in achieving excellence
is phenomenal. Ten years ago, when
the name Watford Hill popped up, most
persons would ask, ‘Where is the school?’
Nowadays you are more likely to hear,
‘Them a gwan good up a dah school.”
Quote from Jamaica’s Western Mirror
Newspaper, Aug. 2019.
• The school has a 100 percent
graduation rate since 2017
• The school has increased its 2020
enrollment to 86 students, from 40 in
2013
• Parent Teacher Association named
top parent-involvement school in
Jamaica due mainly to ULC and partner
programming
• ULC created/sponsored chess team
reigns as the Hanover Parish chess
Champions from 2018-2020.

SUMMER PERFORMING
ARTS CAMP 2019 - (WHPS)
Nearly 40 students attended the
sixth annual Summer Performing
Arts Camp at Watford Hill Primary
School, July 4 – July 14, 2019.
Classes included:

• Vacation Bible lessons

• Band and Art
• Read-Write-Illustrate and Excel
• Sports (Baseball)

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 NATIONAL SOCIETY OF
BLACK ENGINEERS JR (NSBE)
CHAPTER COMES TO WHPS
Thanks to The Bradenton/Sarasota (FL)
Links Chapter, WHPS now has a National
Society of Black Engineers Jr Chapter,
inaugurated in November 2019. This
milestone sets precedence for a core
group of students to focus on building
an interest and career path in STEM,
especially science and engineering.

CHECKMATE CHESS
ACADEMY (CCA)
Unconditional Love for Children, Inc.,
educational enrichment programs
continue to expand its mission
teaching youth critical-thinking,
problem-solving and computer
programming skills using chess and
coding as a pathway. These programs
are designed for interested students in
grades K-12.

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ULC CHESS AND CODING
PROGRAM PARTNERS
• Gresham Park Recreation Center in
Decatur

• Glenn Youth Center (weekly classes at

4178 Snapfinger Woods, Dr., Decatur,
GA)

• Arete Preparatory School - Evans Mill,

Lithonia GA

• Wade Walker YMCA in Stone Mountain 

• Antioch East AME Summer Camp and

Oak Tree Camp at Emory

CCA ACHIEVEMENTS
• Male student ranked in the – 97th
percentile in the United States Chess
Federation  

• Female student ranked - Top 100 in

Georgia

• Hosted 40 USCF rated chess

tournaments

• USCF chess club tournament

directors on staff

• National USCF chess tournament

director on staff

•C
 oding students participated in the
Atlanta Science Festival event held
at Spelman College

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 PARENT TESTIMONIAL - MS. RUTHIE PUMPHREY
“My name is Ruthie; I enrolled my grandson, Jacoby Jackson,
in the ULC chess program at Gresham Park Recreation
Center two years ago. In his first tournament, he placed third
for elementary students. He was amazed and so was I. The
next day after the tournament, he took his trophy to church
and to school.

Playing chess has given him confidence in speaking before

a group and teaching other young people how to play chess.
Playing chess improved his math scores. He was invited
to be a part of the math club at Arete Preparatory School.
Jacoby is a sixth-grade student at Camp Jewell House.

He is looking forward to his second chess tournament

Saturday, August 25 at the Gresham Park Recreation Center.”

Jacoby Jackson

ANNUAL JAMAICA MISSION 2019

More than 30 excited volunteers from several
states traveled with ULC to participate in its
10th Annual Mission Program at Watford
Hill Primary School in Jamaica. Volunteers
participated in numerous activities and
classes.
• Math games – Attorney Saundra Davis and
Mr. Stacy Forrest
• Engineering: Stick Chain Reaction –
 Mrs. Adriana and Rev. Michael Higgins
• Individual Coaching – Organized by Dr.
Betty Palmer where volunteers coached
each student in areas of behavior
modification or becoming a school
ambassador

See Mission on page 6

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 MISSION Continued from page 5
• Poster Art Contest preparation – Led by Dr.
Thelma Mumford-Glover and Mrs. Delphyne
Lomax-Taylor. This poster art competition
was sponsored by The Bradenton/Sarasota
(FL) Links Chapter. Students will prepare
creative, unique posters to be entered in The
Links National competition. The theme is:
Transforming Communities by Making Health a
Habit.  stress, identified the causes of teacher stress,
• First Lego League Jr. Chapter Project – Dr.
Thelma Glover
S
 tudents learned about teamwork, the wonders
of science and technology and First Lego
PARENTS’ CORNER
• Micro-Enterprise Marketplace
The “Stitchin’ Queens” (school mothers)
creating beautiful African, Caribbean and
traditional table placemats and coaster sets
for sale. This innovative project provides
financial resources for participating mothers
and income to the school to sustain ULC
initiatives.
• Conflict Resolution:  Creating Healthy
Relationships – Attorney Boykin Edwards
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Learners core values. This organization is
focused on building an interest in science and
engineering in children ages 6-10
• Stress Management for Teachers – (Stress,
Distress, De-stress) Dr. Catherine Turk and Mrs.
Freda Williams created a staff development
opportunity for the WHPS Teachers that defined
recognized its long-term effects and learned
stress management techniques.
• Chess Blitz – conducted by Mr. Barry Gray and
Mr. Mark Holness
engaged parents in an interactive workshop
that identified tools for resolving conflict.
• Small Business Development Follow up
– Dr. Betty Palmer guided parents were
guided into a lively discussion around
success strategies to enhance their
business operations.
• WHPS reigns as the top parent involvement
school in Jamaica due largely to
programming provided by ULC.
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Community Flea Market – This
annual, free community marketplace
provided parents the opportunity to
shop for clothing, soft goods and
hygiene resources for all family
members.

BEGINNING STRONG IN 2020

THE LINKS, INCORPORATED,
IGNITED THEIR UNIQUE
PARTNERSHIP
After taking a break in 2019, more than 100
members of The Links Incorporated, trav-
eled to Jamaica for their fourth Jamaica
Mission Trip, February 17-19, 2020. Along
with giving financial and in-kind donations,
the Links conducted classes and workshops
at WHPS.
• Health—hand washing and CPR training
• Financial literacy
•S  elf-esteem training through group coach-
ing and diversity
• Preventing sexual abuse
• Colgate “Bright Smiles” personnel con-
ducted dental screenings and education
• Kindle Fire tablet - update on full utilization
of the applications
• STEAM Projects
– Water purification
–B  uilding a geodesic dome with toothpicks
and gumdrops
–N  SBE Jr energy project to build and power
a Lego car with =Alka Seltzer
–P  oster Art preparation to enter into the
Links National Poster Art Contest
• Parent workshop—Overview on STEM and
participation in water filtration experiment

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ULC WELCOMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
ADRIANA HIGGINS, ED.D. CFRE
After ten impactful years of programming for youth, local and international, ULC
leadership developed a strategic plan which would take the organization to its
next level of excellence, including hiring Dr. Adriana Higgins in 2019. Adriana is
committed to the pursuit of excellence; she brings depth and understanding of
nonprofit leadership and to the changing landscape of fundraising with over 15
years of experience in public, private and international organizations. She came to
Atlanta from Houston where she served as Executive Director of Susan G. Komen
Houston, as well as other positions in major gifts, planned giving and higher
education leadership and administration. Adriana is a graduate of Goldman Sachs
10,000 Small Business program and was named one of Houston’s Top 50 Most
Influential Women. Adriana earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from
Florida State University and a Doctorate from the University of Houston. She
is a member of the Greater Atlanta Chapter of the Association of Fundraising
Professionals. She loves traveling and spending time with her family.

Dr. Higgins’s vision for ULC is to expand partnerships throughout the Atlanta
Metro area, giving young students, local and abroad, the opportunity to improve
their academic performance in the classroom through coding and competitive
chess.

2020 DONOR SPOTLIGHT

Our donors are the life-line of ULC and we are grateful for their numerous years of support
and value their involvement. Donors will be spotlighted in each future newsletter.
ROBERT J. GRACE, D.D.S.,NEW YORK
A master chess player as well as a retired dentist, Dr. Robert J. Grace epitomizes
a donor who follows his passion and has supported ULC for over ten years.
While Dr. Grace and Dr. Glenn have been friends since they were roommates
at Howard University, it was the Chess program that captured his attention and
support. Dr. Grace stated his belief that chess is a conduit for producing great
students in every field. More recently, he stepped up his game and became
a donor to support imminent preschool building construction at WHPS--a
wonderful investment in young lives!
Thank-you Dr. Grace.

REV. JAMES BING, PASTOR

FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH, FT. MYERS, FL
Friendship Baptist Church is a spiritual and community anchor in Ft. Myers,
Fl, with a progressive agenda for the people. Rev. James Bing, pastor of
Friendship Baptist Church, became a donor many years ago after taking notice
of the Glenn’s’ work in Jamaica. Yearning to make a deeper impact, Friendship
began sponsoring several church members to travel to Jamaica and become
personally involved. Rev. Kenneth Burns, Associate Pastor, states: “The Church
continues its involvement because ULC is a beacon of hope and a shining light
at WHPS.” Thank-you Rev. Bing and Friendship for your forward leadership and
big heart for the community.

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U L C
OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR CHILDREN, INC.
Help us reach our 200,000 fundraising goal! We believe in the power of education to end
poverty. Our educational support programs like Chess and Coding are key to the academic
success of our students. Donate now on behalf of all students in need of your help to
achieve a bright future. Every gift and every day counts.

• $20 provides a student with 1-day of

chess and Coding instruction at the Glenn
Center in DeKalb County - Metro Atlanta.
• $20 provides a healthy breakfast and
lunch for a week at Watford Hill Primary
School (WHPS) in Hopewell, Jamaica.
• $25 provides an annual youth
membership to the United States
Chess Federation
$200,000 • $40 a month educates a child at WHPS
for 1-year
$100,000 • $35 provides a pair of shoes for a
student at WHPS who walks up to
3 miles to school each day
$75,000 • $80 provides 1-month of chess and
coding instruction at the Glenn Center in
DeKalb County - Metro Atlanta
$50,000 • $100 provides school supplies for a
student for 1-year at WHPS
• $500 provides 1-year of education for a
$25,000 student at WHPS
• $1000 provides 1-year of chess and
coding instruction at the Glenn Center in
DeKalb County - Metro Atlanta.

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