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LEADERSHIP
Rommel Gainer
Sherry Love
Theadius Love
Founder and President
Outreach and Partnerships Lead
Communications Chair
Theadius Love is a Master Electrician with over 30 years of experience in residential, commercial, industrial, and energy-efficient lighting. After being an inner-city coach for football and baseball for over 20 years, he decided to blend his craftsmanship as an electrician and mentorship and create Lula Inc.
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'Make yourself valuable.'-
STORY
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WHY WE
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In order to know one’s self, you must also know how to build yourself and your community. We are here to assist young adults between the ages of 18-24 in Baltimore City. Through technical skills in the electrical and energy-efficient field, housing holistic health resources we hope to restore internal power to at-risk youth that need guidance into their futures. To engage in community impact, our youth will be working with the elderly by assisting them with electrical solutions. We are here to build and empower our youth so that they can impact their own futures and their community.
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FOR LULA
Lula Irene Wiggins Thompkins MCcall was born in Union Spring, Alabama. Lula aka Sista was an activist and a missionary from Alabama to Baltimore, Maryland. Lula was a Christian woman who gave from her heart to her family and community. Our organization is continuing her mission of spreading love in the community through teaching technical skills that impact the individual and the community.
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Bringing ​utility ​innovation & ​leadership ​development
to youth 18-24 in Baltimore City.
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Lula Inc. envisions a world where young people are embraced by a thriving community that will teach them to care for themselves, their families, and the community.
WIRED UP
A cohort of 20 students will occur three times a year where youth will be mentored, taught, and coached on how to build electrical and energy-efficient skills. The learned skills will be applied to restoring power to the homes of elderly individuals. Coaches will serve as accountability partners and offer skill and personal advice. We will also offer connections to other organizations and entities where youth can expand upon their skills and knowledge.
BUILD YOURSELF
Community Partners will provide weekly life and soft skills training. The partners may be volunteers and/or partnering organizations. The skills training will include financial literacy, conflict resolution, emotional intelligence, and building supportive networks. Additionally, we will partner with Psychiatric Rehabilitation Programs to provide mental health counseling.
LIFE GETS BETTER
Any young adult that is in danger of becoming homeless or needs additional wellbeing services, will be referred to local resources that Lula Inc. is partnered with to ensure their success in the program and in life.
How to Partner/Support
We are looking for partnerships with electrical and construction entities and other nonprofit organizations that would need the services of our youth. Additionally, we are looking to partner with organizations that will volunteer to educate our youth. As part of our wrap around services, we are looking for housing organizations and mental health organizations to provide services to our youth.
501C3 info
Guidestar:85-1153886
DONATION
What is your donation for?
We are seeking donations to ensure the success of our youth by providing:
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Construction materials
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Electrician tools
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Educational materials
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Transportation for youth attending programs.
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Laptops
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Stipend for the youth.
Electrical & Construction Partners.
Electrical and Construction Entities can provide opportunities for newly trained electricians and construction workers.
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We want to engage experts that can assist our youth in educating them with the skills needed to build their lives and communities.
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Wrap Around Partners
Some youth are coming out of the foster care system and there is a possibility of homelessness. To circumvent that we want to offer housing through organization partnerships so that they can learn their trade without the burden of being homeless.
By partnering with local mental health organizations we can provide therapy and other mental health needs to our youth to ensure that they are ready to face their journey ahead.
TESTIMONY
Rommel Gainer, Apprentice
Lula Inc quite literally changed the course of my life in the best way possible. Being a 20 year old man not in school and having little knowledge about what to do with my life was stressful, but Brother Theadius Love took me under his wing and brought me into the electrical trade. From residential to commercial electrical work.
Brother T introduced me to it all. 2 years later with the support of him and his lovely wife Mrs. Love i joined IBEW Local 24. With all the skills i learned from Brother T it gave a really good impression on every journeyman i worked with. It has boosted my career in the electrical field and i couldn’t have made it this far without Lula Inc. i am now a third year apprentice with IBEW Local 24 and it’s only up from here. Lula Inc was and is a life changing experience and i am so very thankful for Mr and Mrs Love for supporting me throughout this electrical journey of mine.
-Rommel Gainer
