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"Potty Talk" ;)

The humble sanitary toilet is a rare feature in rural Nepal, and many were ruined during the 2015 earthquakes. With customer donations, one village has built one to suit their needs.
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Donating Warmth for the Holidays

Our Christmas jacket donation program was a big success: between 11 J4J donors and our surplus inventory, we donated 41 jackets to 3 women's shelters!
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Partnering with IWEN to Fund Girls' Education in Nepal

With an established presence and proven success helping girls attend school, we decided that this year all jacket profits will go to IWEN's Empowerment Through Education program.
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Spreading the Welcome

It's been one year since Canada started to welcome Syrian refugees. With this anniversary in the news all week, we wanted to share a nice short story from North Vancouver about kids and adults and J4J coming together to help a refugee in need.
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Rebuilding a Village, 36 New Homes and Counting...

One year after the earthquakes, we saw first-hand the utter destruction of Nepali villages. Using the last of your generous donations, we have been helping to rebuild Resmi's village of Khanigaun.
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Back Up and Running!

In just 3 days, the J4J Community funded the 100% of the parts and labour that Rajan needed in order to keep his factory up and running! He's already got 5 people back to work full-time.
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Nickel Plate XC Custom Jackets

We're thrilled to have just finished making cozy ski jackets for the Nickel Plate Nordics Junior Racing ski team in Penticton!

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A Little Goes a Long Way

Thanks to the generosity of a few special J4J supporters, we went to Nepal this past spring with three "iPhone 3"s and $140... along with instructions from the donors to "do something good". We tried our best and wanted to share with you how a little can go a really long way in Nepal.

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Some Nice Thank-Yous to Share

Just this week, we received two nice thank you letters that we can share with you; what a nice way to bring our 2013/14 season to a close!

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Through the Looking Glass

We have been so generously supported by hundreds of people helping us achieve our goals. So it feels really good to be able to help some of our supporters reach theirs. Jackets for Jasper is donating a jacket for the Looking Glass Foundation’s gala event this Friday.

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