ah... the taste of victory! bb&t. all we see is you. your sunday." >> good morning. i'm pat lawson muse. she's a high school student, former high school student, with a passion for helping people and it's not just a feeling. she turned her passion into action, forming her own foundation dedicated to preparing inspiring and guiding economically disadvantaged students beyond high school and on to colle and on to careers. it's called the heart ofab th foundation. joining us now to talk about it are jasmine w mccoy is founder of the heart of tab that foundation and patricia williamh a president o foundation. welcome, ladies. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> so started heart of tab that, jasmine, which is ano rofit, when you were a 12th

grader at hope in arms. >>yes. >> how did this happen? when did it happen. >>o that's right. >> in your head. d in my hea it really started when i was mucher you than that, i had a passion for giving. it was a value thawas instilled in me at a young age, especially as someone who was a recipient of so much generosity, being involved in nonprofits similar to heart of tabatha foundation. i had experiences with friends in my community and going on tot arms and seeing a gap, a the exposure i was getting and opportunities i was having that my friends were to and i wanted to something bridge that gap and that led to start heart of tabatha. >> you sook your creedo have a e scripture in bible? in acts 9 there was a woman

named tabatha and was known for her generosity. it is after h spirit of generosity. everybody who supports and donates is replicang her heart as well. >> patricia, i understand that you got involved because you share the same passion. > yes, jasmine and i met through another organization and through that organization we came tow k each other and find that we had a similar n.pass jasmine came to me at the anyone of about 16 and she said, ms. i patriciaave this vision and i'd like for you to come along and help me with this organization i'd like to formulate. so i said, okay, and she explained to me what the vision was and i had a similar passion, i like serving women, older men and helpi them in finding resources and so forth, and jasmine f wanted to do it young girls. so that's how heart of tabatha came to formation and we've been

working together ever since. >> so your fndation targets girls, is focused on girls. >> that's right. >> you have a number of programs andoueveral events throu the year. tell us about your primary work, your program. >> sure. so if i had to break it down into three categories it would be education, sohat's giving students the opportunity to job shadow, explore careers, gon college tours and get more exposure into whatshe future hoor them, what their potential and opportunities are. essentials would be the second category, shat's providing some of the basic needs, clothing, school supplies such as our school supplies and backpack drive coming up, and then health and wellness is our newest initiative. so we are focusing on the whole student, whole person and providing resources wherever we can to help them grow and develop. >>any people dream of starting their own business and many young people dream oftarting their own business. jasmine started earl did you see something in her

early on when you first u met? did y this is a young woman who has it, she's got a business mind. >> she's got the vision and she's got the ability to see it to reality, io bring to reality. >> yes. workedsmine and i together -- well, met at one of the organizations it's called gap buster learning center jasmine was a young lady and she wa a i think somethi she started -- she was just this young child jt singing this song and then after we started talking and then found out all of these talents she had, i knew at a a young jasmine was a leader, she's always shown leadership and then after we -- i served as a chaperone within ja and a few girls who went over to west coast and there she just really -- her leadership just blossomed. so when she came to me idn co say no because i knew

that it was something that t we hat just connected that we had the same passion through talking, you know, those nights that we talked and the days that we spent togetr we just found out we have the same passion. >> okay. >> and not only -ou >>re a singer and a dancer, too. >> yes. >> so we have an artists well as an entrepreneur. >> yes. >> we will continue our talkt abhe tabatha heart of tabatha foundation right after th.

we're talking abouteart of tabitha foundation and you mentioned education programs. i know you mentor students. >> yes. >> tell us about the other key programs. >> yes. one ofur main programs is our summer career excursion and that's an opportunity to have motivational speakers i come for students to go on college tours, for them to job shadow and see professionals in careers they think they might be

interesting in. it's amazing to see the impact. we've had students come back after the program and go on to their schools, get more involved in extracurriculars, even start clubs at their schools. this err the ones who go on and tell their friends in their schools about what they've leard and they allow their learn and to o grow and that i think their trajectory as well. that's the impact that we want dr. maya angelou said when you learn, teach, when you get give and that's what we want to instill in every single student that we work with. >> you also mentioned your event, backpacks for children. >> yes. >> i know it's summer, kids are getting ready to go back tho so you must be busy pulling thatsogether. tellhat it involves. >> our backpack drive we partnered with several se faith- organizations and other organizations in the -- and we will be coverin montgomery and prince george's county, title 1 schools. we have -- we havely we have --

it's going to be running from no through the 30th of august and we currently have drops. we have the civic center in silver spring, we have the pete's coffee in montgomery county and a couple of other actually but you can go to our website heart of tabitha.org to find out more about the event and we're asking for things like tissues, pens, papers, notebooks,alculators and backpacks to supply to our a lies. >> and your wellness piece, tell bus that. that's -- we want to he can to us on the whole student so we want to -- for them to be self-esteem for that to be encouraged as well butgehen also ing ak sieve, zumba ents, we participate in breast cancer walk and awareness and want of their o be aware health and be well rounded. >> do any of your activities or

programs, events, come with a fee or iryit free? >> eing is free of charge. that's so important to us. we collect donations so you don't have to worry about transportation or food at our programs. we charge nothing for them to get involved. >> did you hire some of the girls who go through your program? >> well, not necessarily hire the girls. >> did you hire at all? is it run by volunteers? do you have a staff? >> it's run by volunteers. >> wow. okay. >> and a lot -- it's not very rd to find people to support us. most people come andhey volunteer their services or their talents a the girls come and they volunteer their services to help with setting up a project, distribution intake of the various -- depending on the project thate have going on. >> and the studes get student service hours. >> they do, yes. so that's also great forthem,

too. one thing we want students to know is even though they're receiving their opportunities for them to volunteer and help as well in their community am to teach to identify needs and also develop the mindset that willant to p it forward in the future. >> patricia, you mentioned that obviously it's not tough to find volunteers when people find out what you're doing and why you're doing it. you can't do it,though, without partners. tell us about some of the partnerships that you formed to help the foundation. >> exactly. because when heart of tabitha started we partner with a group who actually allowed us a space in their organization and then once they lost their space we kind of had to go to a facility to store our items, so once we went to the facility, a storage unit who actually allowed u there, we didn't stop our program, we continued to -- because people couldn't come to

us we went to them. we would find such as heart in homes, gap buster learning center, several other groups, in street village where w actually make -- we made itemso like blankets and so forth to deliver to them. we just -- we do with whatever we have wherever we are and then we deliver it, we take it to them. >> and where does your funding come from? >> our funding comes from grants, it comes from generous donors who support the vision andnd the cause our website is a great place to also go on and see how you c a get involve donate as well. >> great vision, great cause. >> thank you. >> goodjob, jazmyn mccoy and patricia williams, heart of tabitha foundation. keep up the great work. >> thank you. >>re what's your for the foundation? into my dream is that we will have chapters in different locations and help students all over the world. >> all rit. here is to you. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you so >>much.

next, mothers of professional basketball players are supporting communities where their sons and daughters live, work and play. be right back.

> mothers of professional basketball players is a group on a mission to support neighborhoods and communities where many of their own children have grown up and excelled. joining us now are louise jack who is national conference co-chair, deborah shaw-cole is treasurer and national conferenceha co. welcome, ladies. tell us about moms of professional basketball players and how you got started. ms. jack. >> okay. moms was started over 20 years ago by a lady by the name of charlotte brandon and she arted the organization because she recognized that she didn't know a lot of the moms. so she wanted to start a networking organization so that ether and then we decided a few years ago to become a01(c)(3) organization

where we could do more than just come together and get to knowot eachr, we wanted to do projects that would impact the neighborhoods and communities that our sons work and play in. >> tell us about that mission. >> well, we've done a variety of different things. this par ocular year with upcoming conference we have raised $100,000 to give to families east of the anacostia river in support of their utility bills so0 families will receive $200 from us on friday. >> you are a local. >> yes. >>ui . >> yes. >> and, deborah, you are from california. >> i'm from >>california. ou both have sons that are in the nba. >> yes. >> your son is jarrett jack. >> yes. >> formerly of the icks. >> uh-huh. >> and, deborah, why you are son is holli thompson who was formerly with the 76ers. >> yes. >> and they areoth free agents. >> yes. >>hat's that like for you, that process. >> it's part of e job.

p your mission is to h communities. so you get together with the other mothers. what are the main projects that you engage in? yo mentioned the community service project inanacostia. do you do this all over the country? ? >> w rotate. it's always somewhere different. during the all-star w fed over 1,000 people in los angeles on skid row for feed the hungwe. actively participate in st. jude. last summer we did the dress fos su >> in kansas city. >> we took the single mothers shopping at walmart for things for their children. we held a basketball clinic in conjunction with the fathers of professional basketball players in kansas city for the inner city children out there. so depending on where we are we find out what's needed in that community and we go from there. >> and you are a support groupf one another as well as a resource. >> definitely a support gotup for one r. we have rookie moms that are new

coming into the league and they have a lot of questions and somh of use been around for a while. >> we know the ropes. >> we know the ropes so we give them the benefit of our knowledge we h the og's who helped start the ornization, they give us tons of wisdom from what they've experienced. it's an awesome environment for moms to come together and feel that closeness knowing that what we talk about here is going to stay here and we are here to support each other and we exchanho e-mails and numbers so we can stay in touch so it's not a one time a year thing. >> i have so ask you, what's the biggest challenge of having a son who plays professional sports? >> the biggest challenge. >> i would say -- >> what's it been like? maybe that's anon easier ques what's it been like? your son has been in the nba, i know, 14 years. >> 14 years. >> how long has hollis? >> five years. >> so did he always want to be an nba player? did you try to get him to do someeing else? >>did. he always wanted to play basketball.

i always had a different agenda for him,us but obv his agenda won out. he was a gym rat so he was a great student so i used to bribe am, okay, as long as you keep really high gpa you can play all the basketball you want. he always had a 3.8,3.9 honor student throughout high school every time. so what could do? so when this happened -- he's 6'8" s that helped. >> half the battle is having the t.ight. >> ri >> i did think that he would do something else. moms thatne of those knew all along that your son was going to play it worked out.. the education. >> same with me. jarrett always said what's what going to do from the time he was a little boy. his room always had different types of balls always in the bed and all over the place. so -- and he put in the extra time to perfect hisame and so he's always said he wanted to do that, but, you know, with the art being so low you want to

support your child but you don't want them to put their eggs ino basket. in our household the educational piece was something we in both of our sons as well. >> got to have the plan b. >> that's exactly right. >> we arers talking with mot of professional basketball players and we will continue ri. there is a place

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people do where wealth is measured by the number of lives touched and the size of a check is powerless against the size of a heart. in this place we call home paying it back doesn't come in the form of an iou it comes from asking what can i do? we continue our talk with mothers of professionapl basketballers. you've got a big national conference coming up this week here in washington. >> that's correct. it.tell us about what are you going to be doing? >> oh, my goodness. we are going to have over 100 participants that have registered for the conference. we have having it at the marriott marquis on pennsylvania. we are going to visit the museum because a lotf our moms don't live in this area so we're excited about being there. we kick off the official conference with our meet and greet where our sponsor come in and our moms, we can introduce the new ones, we have about 35

new mothers we've addedhis year. we leave there and roll into friday where we are going into ward ame chapel church, we are going to give away for the 500 families that have been identified to receive utility assistance. from there we come back, have si information ss and awards banquet where the mayor of d.c. will come and prent awards to a few of our moms that have operated in excellence as well as a few scholarship recipients in the area. >> is the conference just for mothers of basketball players. >> , we have other guests that will be invitedti and bought ets for our fashion show coming up on that saturday. a lot of our sponsors will be there sprinkled throughout. >> you can alway register a guest to come to the conference as well and our spouses come, too. >> your children are not only athletes. you encourage them to be role modelsisor at children. >> exactly. >> why have you spent so much

time emphasizing that? why is it so important? >> well, it's important to me because i want our sons to realize that they were chosen for thesers and with that comes a responsibility of them giving back, of them helping other young people giving them the knowledge that they have gained through this, t d and ugly as you say. just to t letm know that they're there, they can talk to them, ask them question they have not -- they are not above coming and talking to the different groups. we do aot of that. we have our guys to come and they're going to be a part of our fashion show, they will be modeling with us. >> yes. >> they are personable guys and they enjoy it. >> is it pressure, do you and is it unfair for -- for the athletes to have to be role models? >> it is a t. >> every little kid wants to -- >> every little kid -- it's part of the job. it's part of e job. i mean, typically most young men want to do something in sie

industry or be a professional basketball player. it isau rough b my son says you can't do anything without somebody noticing. you don't have that level of privacy, but that comes with the territory. because it comes with the territory you have are onsibility. you have to be on your a game all the time. it's just the w it is. >> did you ever try to redirect them and want them to do something else? >> i didn't, not with jarrett, because i knew from very early on that that's what he wanted to do. the fact that he did finish his degree at georgia tech, i inow wh retires he will be equipped to do other things if he wants to go intoad bsting or he wants to be a coach. so all these things still keeps him connected to the game that he really >> what about you? >> no, i didn't try. i tried initially because i just felt louean be a senator, you can be a surgeon, i had a list of things. after a t point ine i realized this is where that was going. as i mentioned, being 6'8", i mean, god blessed him with

height, okay, what do i have to thy? >> do yok there's too much emphasis on becoming sports superstae and too lit emphasis on the values to be learned from sports like teamwork,racter building, selflessness, self respect, respect for others? >> i'm big on those. >> yes. >> all of those to me no matter whatou do are ver important and those values, with whatever ndr sons do, you know, we stress that each every day. >> right. >> because it's not to be taken for granted, you know, tt who you are and who you represent, you know, being connected religiously is a strong piece in our household, how we were raised in louisiana, share croppers, the whole nine, you know, education was a big so those things i've never ever let go of and i tryo instill that in both of my sons. >> it's wonderful to meetou both. great job. louise jack, deborah shaw-cole. good luck to the guys getting drafted. muchhank you so

>> i'm pat lawson muse. we will see you the next time.

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