Our founder Janet Richards, National Awardee - Badge of Honour for Meritourious Service. [BH(M)], BSc Hons / JP has spent her life giving back and helping children who need it most. At a young age in Kendal, Hanover, she inherited this lifestyle from her late mother Joyce Ennis and late Father Nehemiah Ennis. As the last child (Wash Belly), she watched her late parents extending a hand to needy persons in the community, no matter how small it was. As she got older and was able to be more resourceful, she decided to form her own foundation.

Before the inception of the Janet Richards Foundation, she volunteered with the following groups:

1. Scotiabank Foundation - Western Vice-President Scotiabank Volunteer
2. Salvation Army - Chairman / Board Member
3. Kiwanis Club - Director / Member
4. Ruseas High School - Board Member (12 years) Active Past Student and Former Head Girl
5. Montego Bay Infant School - Board Member
6. Farm Heights Basic School - Board Member
7. Montego Bay High School - Executive Member of the PTA (10 Years)
8. St. James Red Cross of Jamaica - Member
9. Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce- Member

She currently holds the following positions:

1. National Awardee - Badge of Honour for Meritourious Service. [BH(M)]
2. Justice of the Peace
3. Governor-General I Believe Ambassador
4. Prime Minister Awardee - Community Service
5. Member of Custos of St James Events & Community Committee
6. Member of St. James Festival Queen Community
7. Member of the United Way of Jamaica
8. Member of the Kiwanis Club of Montego
9. Member of the Farm Heights Association
10. Member of St. James Red Cross

She takes the time each year to serve the following organisations and others:

• Mustard Seed Home - Major Sponsor: Usain Bolt Foundation & Friends
• Melody Girls Home - Round Hill Hotel/ Omar Robinson & Friends
• Cornwall Regional Hospital
• Women Centre – St. James
• Blossom Gardens
• Mobay learning Centre
• Kendal community – Hanover (Treats in memory of my late mother)
• Schools – (Hanover, St. James) and others
• Justice of the Peace – St. James
• Mentor

Awards over the years for Philanthropy:

• Scotiabank International Volunteer
• Scotiabank Jamaica Top Volunteer
• Scotiabank Western Top Volunteer
• Scotiabank Jamaica Top Female Volunteer
• Prime Minister Award
• St. James Jamaica 53rd Anniversary of Independence from - Mayor of the city of Montego Bay
• Kiwanis Awards
• Jamaica Cultural Development Commission - St. James
• Ruseas Old Student Association- Distinguish Alumni Award
• and others

She is the very proud mother of two beautiful girls, Trudia Richards and Tisana Richards.