Creating New Opportunities
Honoring the legacy of James Pettine
Our Projects
Boys & Girls Club of San Luis Valley
Our partnership with Boys & Girls Club of San Luis Valley has provided guidance, support, and funding for the technology and music clubhouse that’s housed at the main Boys & Girls Club location in San Luis Valley, CO.
Keystone Science School
Our partnership with Keystone Science School is helping directly fund the Girls in STEM program along with their Youth Scholarship program. One of our most recent projects helped fund their Girls in STEM Snow Science weekend where girls learned about alpine environments and scientific measurements with experts from that field.
JP Innovation Project
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James Pettine (JP) was a loving brother, son, nephew, grandson, and friend who passed away in 2006 at the far too young age of nineteen. JP was an extraordinary young man, whose compassion, creativity, and courage touched everyone who knew him. His battle with cancer was marked by remarkable strength and perseverance, qualities that continue to inspire us every day.
JP Innovation Project was founded by James’s younger brother, Aaron Pettine (AP), as a way to honor James and keep his remarkable spirit alive. Our nonprofit is driven by the legacy James left behind, and it is his values that guide everything we do. Our mission is to create opportunities for under-served youth communities, connecting and inspiring them just as James would have wanted.
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Unfortunately, he faced immense challenges, battling an aggressive and rare form of cancer. Over 26 months, James displayed extraordinary strength and perseverance. His journey was marked by relentless pain, countless treatments, and profound suffering, yet he continued to "battle through life" with an unwavering spirit. James endured months of chemotherapy, hospital stays, and uncertainty. Even when faced with unbearable pain, misdiagnoses, and the grueling treatments that followed, James never lost his spirit. He continued to battle through life with extraordinary courage, bringing light to those around him even in his darkest moments.
Our hope is to ensure that James's legacy continues to make a difference in the lives of others, providing opportunities, inspiration, and hope to those who need it most. Thank you for supporting JP Innovation Project and helping us keep James’s spirit alive.
BooleanGirl
Our partnership and project with BooleanGirl is to further their mission of diversifying STEM by teaching girls, under-represented groups and low-income youth how to code and build engineering projects.
Camp-Ta-Kum-Ta
Our funding has directly supported the technology and communication offerings so the camp counselors can better navigate the critical health challenges they face with their campers.