29/01/2025
The JDH Foundation was birthed from the death of Jayln Devon Harris on 2/13/2018. His senseless murder was a tragedy that struck many communities In Hampton Roads, VA and Corsicana, TX where he was born and raised. The foundation started out by supporting teen and young adult parents with mentorship and resources. Over the years they’ve given out over 200 packs of diapers and 400 packs of wipes. They also mentored 20 teen parents over the years. All of this was accomplished between April 2018 and today.
In August of 2023 they launched The Lucas Hannah Library to offer books to youth. The Library is in honor of another young man whose life was taken way too soon. That same August they collaborated with Maurice Baker: a wrongfully convicted man in Virginia to launch The Give Back. They support youth with backpacks and supplies for back to school. They also adopt a family for Thanksgiving and 5 families for Christmas. Grief is Love is a Facebook community that offers grief support ran by Jayln’s mother aka Author and Empowerment Coach Tina Turban. She also runs The Safe Space on Facebook for women where they discuss life!
The foundation is going full force in 2025 by continuing their support of teen parents with resources and information but will be discontinuing the mentorship portion of the program. They will be starting a youth mentorship program for youth ages 8-16 in Virginia Beach, VA and Raleigh, NC. We will be starting with 6 youth from both cities. They will continue their collaborations with The Give Back and The Lucas Library.
