Thank you Sandals Foundation for making a difference in our lives and especially in the lives of 54,000 students!! #BadAssHumanitarians “Over 54,000 students have benefited from our outreach activities at schools and in communities. Some examples of projects we’ve undertaken…
Save the date for our Benefit Concert! Food, music, entertainment, and more! It will be held at the Grizzly Peak Winery! Can’t attend? Donate here:http://ht.ly/LmCcf
QOTD: “A warm smile is the universal language of kindness,” William Arthur Ward, American Author
Do you know what $160 helps Great Shape! Inc. with? It purchases 16 uniforms for students in Jamaica! Big Ups to The Hub Tavern who helped raise money for GS!I by selling tickets to win cool Seattle Seahawk Signs. The Hub…
What’s Celebrated? Pancha Ganapati is a modern five-day Hindu festival celebrated from December 21 through 25 in honor of Lord Ganesha, Patron of Arts and Guardian of Culture. The festival was created in 1985 as a Hindu alternative to December holidays like Christmas…
What’s celebrated? Christmas is a Christian holiday honoring the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas evolved over two millennia into a worldwide religious and secular celebration, incorporating many pre-Christian, pagan traditions into the festivities along the way. Today, Christmas is a time for…
What’s Celebrated? Bodhi Day (Also known as Rōhatsu in Japanese culture) is the Buddhist holiday that commemorates the day that the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautauma (Shakyamuni), experienced enlightenment, also known as bodhi in Sanskrit and Pali. According to tradition, Siddhartha had recently forsaken years of extreme ascetic practices and…
What’s Celebrated? Kwanzaa, derived from the Swahili phrase, “matunda ya kwanza” meaning “First Fruits,” was created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga. After the Watts riots in Los Angeles, California, Dr. Karenga searched for ways to bring African-Americans together as…
What’s Celebrated? Hanukkah (also known as Chanukah; “Feast of Dedication,” and “Festival of Lights”) is an eight day observance which recalls the “Miracle of the Oil” in the Jerusalem temple during a war fought by the Maccabees in the cause…
Great Shape! Inc. volunteers join us from all across the world. We believe and celebrate Jamaica’s motto, “Out of Many, One People.” As we celebrate our volunteer’s achievements in the work of our humanitarian projects, we also celebrate their diverse…