March of Dimes: Jose Jacques
Name: Jose Jacques
Hometown: Miami, Florida
Major: Exercise Science
Instagram: hitmanlive5
Students across UWF are likely to see Jose’s positive and bright attitude around campus. What they might not know is how heavily involved he is. Jose is a member of the Beta Beta Phi chapter of Phi Beta Sigma, the media chair for Collegiate 100, the Vice President of the Haitian Student Organization, and is going be a facilitator for the Leadership Gauntlet this upcoming spring semester. However, Jose’s biggest focus right now is March of Dimes, as he serves as the president for the UWF chapter this year.
March of Dimes is here on campus to help raise awareness for premature babies. Jose explained that one out of ten babies are born prematurely and out of those one out of ten babies, prematurity is the number one cause of birth defects. The March of Dimes chapter here at UWF is helping to raise funds for researchers to help those premature babies in need. March of Dimes here on campus was started up by Kenetria Smalls. “Kenetria was a premature baby so she held a high passion for this organization. After they started it up the torch was handed off to me, and the rest is history,” Jose explained. Before Kenetria handed off the presidency to Jose, he admits he didn’t know much about premature babies or the cause. Without his advisor he wouldn’t have the passion he has today. “Once my advisor informed me, I got so passionate about it. So I took the chance and said ‘why not?’ That’s when I accepted the presidency, and ever since then I have been on it,” Jose said. Jose says he is inspired by his own goal of success, but his biggest inspiration is his brother, Frank. “He was basically like my dad. When I didn’t have anything, he was there to always make sure I had everything I …show more content…
In October they are having their “Baby Carry” fundraiser. During that event, the March of Dimes team will be having different promotional outreaches across campus to spread the word about the cause. They are going be holding a poster contest for students to participate in. The contest is a way for students to show creativity to spread awareness towards pre-maturity. The team with the winning poster will receive five free tickets to their next big event, The Purple Tie Fair, happening November 18th in the Conference Center. The Purple Tie Fair is an event full of games, food, and the chance to hear more about March of Dimes.
Jose’s favorite part of working with March of Dimes is the interaction, informing people about the cause and having them join the March of Dimes team.
“I absolutely love attracting new people to the organization because I feel like not many people know about it. It’s amazing that once they hear about the program they get more interested on how they can take further actions to help,” he explained.
It’s easy to get involved with March of Dimes on campus. They have opportunities to volunteer, or you can even join their club for a fee of $15 that would covers member for the year.
If you want more information on March of Dimes, be sure to check them out here or follow them on their social media handles.
Instagram: UWFMODCC
Facebook: UWF
Name: Jose Jacques
Hometown: Miami, Florida
Major: Exercise Science
Instagram: hitmanlive5
Students across UWF are likely to see Jose’s positive and bright attitude around campus. What they might not know is how heavily involved he is. Jose is a member of the Beta Beta Phi chapter of Phi Beta Sigma, the media chair for Collegiate 100, the Vice President of the Haitian Student Organization, and is going be a facilitator for the Leadership Gauntlet this upcoming spring semester. However, Jose’s biggest focus right now is March of Dimes, as he serves as the president for the UWF chapter this year.
March of Dimes is here on campus to help raise awareness for premature babies. Jose explained that one out of ten babies are born prematurely and out of those one out of ten babies, prematurity is the number one cause of birth defects. The March of Dimes chapter here at UWF is helping to raise funds for researchers to help those premature babies in need. March of Dimes here on campus was started up by Kenetria Smalls. “Kenetria was a premature baby so she held a high passion for this organization. After they started it up the torch was handed off to me, and the rest is history,” Jose explained. Before Kenetria handed off the presidency to Jose, he admits he didn’t know much about premature babies or the cause. Without his advisor he wouldn’t have the passion he has today. “Once my advisor informed me, I got so passionate about it. So I took the chance and said ‘why not?’ That’s when I accepted the presidency, and ever since then I have been on it,” Jose said. Jose says he is inspired by his own goal of success, but his biggest inspiration is his brother, Frank. “He was basically like my dad. When I didn’t have anything, he was there to always make sure I had everything I …show more content…
In October they are having their “Baby Carry” fundraiser. During that event, the March of Dimes team will be having different promotional outreaches across campus to spread the word about the cause. They are going be holding a poster contest for students to participate in. The contest is a way for students to show creativity to spread awareness towards pre-maturity. The team with the winning poster will receive five free tickets to their next big event, The Purple Tie Fair, happening November 18th in the Conference Center. The Purple Tie Fair is an event full of games, food, and the chance to hear more about March of Dimes.
Jose’s favorite part of working with March of Dimes is the interaction, informing people about the cause and having them join the March of Dimes team.
“I absolutely love attracting new people to the organization because I feel like not many people know about it. It’s amazing that once they hear about the program they get more interested on how they can take further actions to help,” he explained.
It’s easy to get involved with March of Dimes on campus. They have opportunities to volunteer, or you can even join their club for a fee of $15 that would covers member for the year.
If you want more information on March of Dimes, be sure to check them out here or follow them on their social media handles.
Instagram: UWFMODCC
Facebook: UWF