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The foundation spent nearly $31 million on programs for leadership training and development. And it revealed that, since kicking off major fundraising toward the Obama Presidential Center last year, the foundation has spent about the same amount in preconstruction costs.
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It All Started in 1899
Jewel began as a band of door-to-door salesmen, selling tea and coffee from the back of horse-drawn wagons. Founded by Frank Ross and his brother-in-law Frank Skiff in 1899, the company launched with just $700, a rented horse, and a secondhand wagon. The partnership named their venture the Jewel Tea Company, the route men called on their customers bi-weekly, coming directly to their homes. Over time, the company added hundreds of new routes across the nation, and the traveling Jewel salesman came to be a familiar, welcomed sight. Location: 75th & Stony Island.
