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By MONIQUE STAMPS Sentinel Staff Writer
Jeffrey Jerome Amos
has always loved the game of basketball. Growing up in the East Tampa College Hill projects made him seek to help himself, but more im- portantly others.
Amos has extensively coached and taught young people to grow their game and their personality. As President and Founder of Black Treasures Investments (BTI), Amos was motivated to be more and do more.
When Amos returned to Tampa after losing his first wife to cancer, he realized when he married Yolanda Amos that she was the miss- ing piece to furthering his legacy. She is his soul mate and Co-Founder of BTI.
When Amos lived in Val- dosta, GA, before moving to Tampa, he ran a basketball program that was compre- hensive and taught his stu- dents many lessons on and off the court. At the same time, Yolanda was working
Local Couple Start Non-Profit That Benefits Young People
JEFFREY AND YOLANDA AMOS
...Black Treasures Invest- ments founders.
with the Youth Auxiliary for the Delta Delta Chapter of Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc., mentoring girls to be- come future leaders. After Yolanda retired, the couple decided to merge their inter- ests for mentoring youth.
Front Row, Aria Young, Daeqwon McQuay, Cedric Mann, Sakai Lowery, and Carmen Cienois. Back Row, Coach Ivan Phillips, London Phillips, Malakai McQuay, Jordan Donnan, Pablo Suckow, Joshua Davis, Jr., Julia Jacobs Smalls, DeAngelo Wilson, Paul Quinto, London Amos Roberts, Coach and Founder Jeffrey Amos.
Yolanda retired as Prop- erty Manager, of Tampa Park Apartments, a 372-unit com- plex near downtown Tampa. Through working with resi- dents, she developed the “Be- come A Better You” program of life skills.
The program entailed subjects such as homeowner- ship, financial literacy, credit repair, and other situational lessons.
Jeffrey and Yolanda wanted to build a cooperative between all their interests while giving back to the com- munity. They formed Black Treasures Investments non- profit so they could teach and guide children through im- portant lessons they might not learn elsewhere.
Some of the subjects are life skills training, credit re- pair, financial literacy, re-
sume assistance, job applica- tion and job preparation eti- quette, GED preparation, tutoring, safety fitness, health and wellness, and par- enting.
They have 50 young peo- ple in their program. Part of the program is a basketball team made up of co-ed teenagers. The Amos’ want to emphasize that their pro- gram is for both boys and girls, and they meet at the Dream Center of Tampa.
Jeffrey explains his phi- losophy this way: “Better stu- dents make better parents who make better communi- ties.”
For inquiries or dona- tions, call (813) 724-0756, send mail to Black Treasures Investments Inc., P.O. Box 45078, Tampa, Fl 33677, or visit the website at: https://www.blacktreasur- ersinvestments.com.
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