by Van Stone vspfoundation@yahoo.com (610) 931-8810
Mary A. Jones, Reverend. Jones supports
Women's Rights and Seniors using the Internet.
Mary A. Jones was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Graduating from West Philadelphia High School, she continued her education at Lincoln University. After her second year at one of the Historical Black Colleges, she accepted a job in the field of technology. Excelling in the position of supervisor and computer trainer in nine months, she decided to continue in the pursuit of her career in the area of business management and technology. Ms. Jones has 32 years of expertise ranging from Data Entry/Keypunch Operator to Training the Trainer, to Product & Project Manager.
Mary was inspired by her natural ability as a technical trainer and the love for what she was doing to become an entrepreneur. Her endeavors as a Sole Proprietor moved her into the challenge of being the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of two businesses, both setup as a ministry in the communities; Point ‘N Click Technology and the Bethesda Prayer Ministry a.k.a. the House of Mercy. As sole proprietor Mary provided computer training, web site design, and desktop publishing. Ms. Jones also founded MAJones – Community Development Resource Center. The primary function of this non-profit organization is to serve the neighboring communities in the area of literacy. The resource center is also certified as a site for the Mayor's Commission on Literacy, where Ms. Jones is an Adult Literacy Coordinator/Instructor; as well as a mentoring organization in The Greater Philadelphia Mentoring Partnership at the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Church Mentoring Network).
Mary was a business partner with the African American Chamber of Commerce. As a member of the Chamber, she was also on the Technology Task Force, a standing committee of the Chamber. She was very instrumental in the development of the Chamber’s “Technology Road Show”. Her efforts at the Chamber were directed towards technological awareness and business development by conducting workshops at the Chamber. Ms. Jones also served on the Computers and Technology Stakeholders Partnership for the Philadelphia Public School System. As a Stakeholder, she worked closely with other executives from other companies with the task of ensuring that teachers, principles, and students are educated and equipped with the necessary tools and knowledge in the area of computers and technology. As a Stakeholder she was a member of the Career Options Committee for students and has been asked to sit on the Certification Committee.
Her latest endeavor as a writer is providing technical tips at Point ‘N Click Technology’s Online Tech Lab at the Philadelphia on-line Front Page News. The articles are a good read and simple enough for those who may not be tech savvy to understand and follow.
VSP Foundation, a member of the Schuylkill River Trail Coalition, is expressing enthusiastic support for a TIGER Discretionary Grant application called Generating Recovery by Enhancing Active Transportation in Pennsylvania and New Jersey (GREAT-PA/NJ) that is going to be submitted in mid-September by a coalition of Pennsylvania and New Jersey counties.
GREAT-PA/NJ proposes to design and construction a number of important trail segments that would significantly close gaps, connect and enhance several bicycle/pedestrian trail networks in the Eastern Pennsylvania and South New Jersey region.
This set of trail networks, which only partially exists today, would significantly expand the spine of the Schuylkill River Trail and the East Coast Greenway. A more completed and contiguous network of trails would enhance our region’s sustainability and livability, ability to comply with greenhouse gas emission caps and reduce vehicle miles travelled, and make the region more economically competitive. If any individual or group is interested in writing a letter of support please send email to vspfoundation@yahoo.com.
