The Jones Group Partners With BOSMA Enterprises for the Fourth Year in a Row
This year marks the fourth anniversary of The Jones Group’s partnership with BOSMA Enterprises.
BOSMA Enterprises is a nonprofit with a mission to help the blind and visually impaired build life and job skills needed to remain independent and stay self-sufficient. People who are blind or visually impaired face a 70 percent unemployment rate, and BOSMA Enterprises provides opportunities for those with vision impairments by providing training and employment programs and partnering with local businesses.
Four years ago, the manager of the Lebanon, Indiana, location was approached by a team member who had a sibling in the program and asked if BWW® could find a way to partner with BOSMA Enterprises inside and outside the location, and the B-Dubs location has been supporting the nonprofit ever since.
“The team members love the fact that we are able to partner and help individuals in the community in a way they never expected,” said Area Director Jonathan Curtis. “They like the fact that this was not just a one and done type of partnership, that we keep it going, and we have hosted meetings and get togethers for BOSMA participants inside of our location.”
Through the program, The Jones Group has interviewed and hired countless interns, brought on several short-term employees and has even gained one valuable employee who is still with the company today.
“The hard work and dedication of these individuals is incredible. They do not let their disability hold them back,” said Curtis. “They always bring high energy and energize the staff.”
Its partnership with BOSMA Enterprises is one that The Jones Group, owned by Mark and Mike Jones, values and plans to continue throughout the years.
“These types of partnerships are extremely important to The Jones Group and the brand. These partnerships allow us to tie ourselves to the community, and it shows our team members the type of impact we can make in other people’s days and lives,” said Curtis. “It shows the team that we are part of something bigger than our store and something bigger to the community.”