Think:Kids Conference

Flawless Board Visits Boston

Dearest Flawless Friends, I flew to Boston last Friday with Tara and Janine to meet one of the Flawless Medical Advisors, Dr. Stuart Ablon, where he conducted a workshop on Collaborative Problem Solving with his organization, Think:Kids, at Mass. General/Harvard Medical School. The program was called “Think Differently: A New Approach for Parenting Challenging Kids”,…

Pioneer student planting in the garden

Gardening Launch!

We launched our Garden of Miracles this week – it was a dream. We started with a class of 8 – 11 year old boys who are quite active and to watch them interacting, planning, gardening together with such calm and peace was AMAZING. The teachers were awe struck at the change in the students…

Raffle drawing at Nia HQ

Back from New York!!

We had a fabulous, whirlwind, fun and fruitful two week trip to New York filled with visits with family and friends, business trips for Dave and me and an incredible fundraising class. Our Nia session with Debbie Rosas was such a beautiful event. I was blown away by the support and love that came from…

Flawless Founder, Janine Francolini, her son Ellis and husband Dave

Philanthropy runs in the family!!

Wow, yesterday Ellis emptied his piggy bank and put all the coins in a sack to deliver to his teacher Vincent. He told us that Vincent’s daughter just moved here from Africa and doesn’t have many toys so he is going to give all his money to them. When Vincent thanked him, Ellis said, “that’s…