Love Bigger!

  Janine Francolini, Founder/Executive Director, the Flawless Foundation SOURCE: The Huffington Post “Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. Dear President Obama, What a week: the one-month anniversary of the tragedy in Newtown, your announcement about plans for mental health reform and gun control, and the inauguration all…

“Meaningful Action”

  Janine Francolini, Founder/Executive Director, the Flawless Foundation SOURCE: The Huffington Post Through our shock, outrage and incomprehensible sadness at the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, we listened carefully as our President emotionally addressed the nation saying that we will be taking meaningful action to prevent another such tragedy. Today we send our heartfelt…

Illuminate the Night 2012

A fabulous night in LA on 12.12.12 with Elyn Saks at Louis Stern Fine Arts. EVENT COMMITTEE Katie Turner- Kaci Christian- Steve Truitt- Francesca Alexander- Natalie Alexander- Lupe Carranza- David De Vos- Sarah DeAnna- Alex Harris- Michael Pearlman- Rochelle Schieck-Vanessa Schreiber-Marlene Wagner Thank you to all of our corporate sponsors!

Patrick Kennedy and Garen Staglin at the One Mind for Research Gala in LA with Tom Hanks, Glenn Close, and General (Ret.) Peter Chiarelli

12 Reasons to Celebrate Flawless 2012

We… • Received the most amazing gift of donated office space in Portland, Oregon from our extraordinary corporate sponsors, Carroll Community Development. • Expanded the number of youth served through our yoga programs to 120 students per week in NYC and Portland. • Started 2012 having met our end of year goal of $25k that…

Portland Holiday Celebration 2012

Happy Holidays thanks to our corporate sponsors at Ameriprise for this festive party in Portland, Oregon! Thank you to Ameriprise Financial for sponsoring such an amazing event. And thank you to our corporate donors:      

Do We Have Any Other Choice?

  Janine Francolini, Founder/Executive Director, the Flawless Foundation SOURCE: The Huffington Post “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” Martin Luther King Jr. As we mourn the loss of the innocent victims in Colorado, is it possible that we can expand our…

Taking a Stand with Tipper Gore

What a night! On May 14th, we celebrated our fourth anniversary at Le Cirque in NYC with our Honorary Chair Tipper Gore. It was an incredibly successful, heartfelt night with inspiring speeches about our common stand of compassion and hope for the 15 million children in the US alone living with brain based behavioral challenges.…

Not Passing Over

  Janine Francolini, Founder/Executive Director, the Flawless Foundation SOURCE: The Huffington Post The first night of Passover and Good Friday — a powerful spiritual double header for sure. After a long day of meetings talking about mental health advocacy, I stopped for gas on my way to the Oakland airport to head home to Portland.…