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March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month (DDAM) in the United States. It is a time dedicated to raising awareness about developmental disabilities, celebrating the achievements of individuals with these disabilities, and advocating for their rights and needs. Simone Gordon touches lives in various spaces and places, including at home and in the community. Gordon knows what it is like to care for an autistic child and help others despite what she faces herself.

In honor of Black History Month, we are thrilled to feature Simone Gordon, a nationally recognized community leader, activist, and philanthropist known as "The Black Fairy Godmother." With a heartfelt mission to uplift marginalized women and families in crisis, Simone has transformed countless lives through her innovative approach to philanthropy and community engagement.

Welcome to Limitless, the show where we dive deep into the stories of business, community, and thought leaders who are shaping the world, sharing powerful lessons, secrets, and advice to help you unlock your fullest potential. In today's episode, we have the honor of introducing you to someone whose journey is nothing short of inspiring: Simone Gordon, the CEO and founder of the Black Fairy Godmother Foundation.

As Mother's Day approaches, The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation is unveiling two impactful initiatives aimed at empowering marginalized mothers and families nationwide.

On this edition of the WBGO Journal host Doug Doyle chats the Black Fairy Godmother Simone Gordon.

[Please Note: Simone's interview begins at the 2:58 mark.] On this episode of Here and Now, Sandra Bookman learns more about The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation, an organization that works hard to restore stability in black and brown families. The foundation reports that African Americans experience food insecurity at 19.1 percent, while Hispanics experience it at 15.2, both two times the rate for white non-Hispanics. We discuss the mission of this nonprofit with Simone Gordon, a strong, young mother who survived of domestic abuse herself, and is now helping others.

The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation... will present its 3rd annual Purple Diamond Awards at the prestigious Newark Museum of Art, in Newark, New Jersey, on Sat., Nov., 5, 2022. The Black tie event will feature special musical guests Grammy Award nominated Singer/Songwriter Kenny Lattimore and 90s New Jack Swing Classics Singer Jeff Redd. Hip Hop Legend Yo-Yo will serve as host. The event will also recognize community leaders.

Many are familiar with Whitney Houston's timeless role as the fairy godmother in Cinderella. In real life, there is Simone Gordon, whose generous deeds around the world earned her the moniker Black Fairy Godmother, which spawned her award-winning nonprofit foundation of the same name. The New Jersey-based organization is holding its 3rd annual Purple Diamond Awards on November 5 at the Newark Museum of Art, which will honor 8 individuals making a difference in the community.

Simone Gordon had lost her job and was desperate to find resources to help her autistic son. After many closed doors and long waiting lists, she went to social media for help. After two days in a Facebook Group, her son got the services he needed, and a family helped Simone continue her education as well. Her non-profit, The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation, is paying it forward by helping women find permanent housing and deliver food for their families, and helping make children's holidays special.

Simone Gordon has always uplifted people of color, serving underserved and unemployed women and their children to help rebuild their lives. As the CEO and Founder of The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation, she uses her nonprofit to support and advocate for Black and Brown marginalized families across the U.S.

Hip-hop legend and activist Yo-Yo is added as the host of the New Jersey-based Black Fairy Godmother Foundation's Third Annual Purple Diamond Awards.

The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation is hosting the third annual Purple Diamond Awards to recognize those who give selflessly to their community. Simone Gordon, Jeff Redd, and Alexis joined New York Living on Friday to provide more information about the special night. On Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Newark Museum of Art, the third annual purple diamond awards will take place.

The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation... will hold its third annual Purple Diamond Awards at the Newark Museum of Art in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. On this special night, the organization will honor those who have worked tirelessly to help provide support for communities of color and marginalized areas that have fallen between the cracks of resources and need help beyond existing sources.

The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation, a non-profit 501-3c, will hold its third annual Purple Diamond Awards at the Newark Museum of Art, 49 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 6pm. On this special night, the organization will honor those who have worked tirelessly to help provide support for communities of color and marginalized areas that have fallen between the cracks of resources and need help beyond existing sources.

After a year of helping communities in need through challenging times, from the pandemic to hurricanes to assisting women leaving domestic violence situations, philanthropist Simone Gordon of The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation shared her story on "The Kelly Clarkson Show" on June 28. The interview was part of the show's "Real Human Hour," paying tribute to those who are making a difference in their communities.

Simone Gordon, aka The Black Fairy Godmother, is on a mission to grant the wishes of families in need all over the country through her New Jersey-based foundation. Simone explains how her nationwide network of "social media angels" help source donations and resources for marginalized families struggling through hard times. Since appearing on the show, Simone says the foundation's inbox has "exploded" with interest from companies trying to help out, including a large mystery check from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Simone also meets volunteer Deb and aid recipient Sonja, who both express emotional messages of gratitude for Simone's important work. Watch till the end for a huge surprise for The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation!

The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation, founded by Simone Gordon, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created to help Black and Brown marginalized families. Our foundation uses the power of networking, social media, and influence to connect families in need with people that can help.

Simone Gordon, 'The Black Fairy Godmother,' joins us to talk about how the 'Black Fairy Godmother Foundation' began and how they are working to help other families nationwide.

Franklin Township Celebrates Autism Awareness Month with Care, Share, Aware, a free outdoor event with special featured speaker Simone Gordon, The Black Fairy Godmother. Simone highlights her journey as a New Jersey Mom to become an Autism advocate, community leader, and supporter of families in need.

The No Ideas Original Podcast is joined by Simone Gordon, also known as The Black Fairy Godmother, to discuss her work as a philanthropist, special needs advocate and Black community organizer.

The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation, founded by Simone Gordon, is a nonprofit organization created to help Black and Brown marginalized families.

The Black Fairy Godmother Simone Gordon is a guest on "Ras in 60," the podcast of Mayor Ras J. Baraka of Newark, NJ. February 28, 2022.

Kate and Katie make Super Bowl predictions and discuss their true love this Valentine's Day -- Air Fryers. They talk with real life super hero, Simone Gordon, about her amazing non-profit, The Black Fairy Godmother.

Simone is the founder and CEO of The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation. It's a New Jersey-based nonprofit that assists communities in need across the country. Most of the people she's helping are marginalized women and children, members of the LGBTQ community, and domestic violence victims. Her foundation helps people who are homeless, or facing homelessness - or, need basic home items, like a mattress to sleep on or a refrigerator or some groceries for the week.

People ask how can they help people in need? Often they dig into their wallets and toss out a few dollars, here and there. Or they make their donation envelope at their local church a bit thicker from month to month. No shade. Every bit helps but when confronted with that big question - how can I help - Simone Gordon, known as The Black Fairy Godmother - went that extra mile and created The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created to help Black and Brown marginalized families.

A Gates Foundation grant recipient, Gordon has become a major force - with invisible wings - for community goodwill. Among other major efforts, Gordon's Foundation assists Black and Brown marginalized families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; helped women experiencing domestic violence and needing to flee and supported families in their efforts to receive food and necessities during their time of need. Her Foundation worked with families and residents from Louisiana to New Jersey during Hurricane Ida - while Ms. Gordon and her own family were dealing with their flooded New Jersey home.

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Simone Gordon Interview on WTCC Radio 90.7 FM New England with host Andrew Cade.

As New Jersey resident, Simone Gordon, prepared to celebrate her son's 11th birthday, a deadly storm set out to rip apart the lives of Black and Brown communities across the state - causing 'The Black Fairy Godmother' to wave her magic wand and aid the people.

On Saturday, October 30, 2021, The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation will host the Purple Diamond Awards Fundraising Dinner in North Bergen, New Jersey.

Simone Gordon was a domestic violence survivor and single mom with a son who was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Within two years, she lost her job and was forced to collect unemployment while searching for the resources to help her son. It was an incredibly difficult time. "Many doors began to close," she remembers. Large organizations would not call her back, especially when they heard what city she was from or the situation she was in - a young mom with a special needs child who was temporarily living with her parents.

So she started an Instagram account, @TheBlackFairyGodmotherOfficial, with one request for $1,000 in rent money for a single mom at risk of eviction. It worked - and with shout-outs from the likes of famed author Elizabeth Gilbert, her Instagram exploded. During the pandemic, so did the need. In 2020, Simone, her team of volunteers, and her social media followers helped house 121 families and raised nearly $500,000 to care for people about to slip through the cracks - often BIPOC single moms like Simone herself.

SEVEN YEARS AGO, Simone Gordon reached a point of desperation. "I felt defeated," says Gordon, who is now 33. She had to quit her job at a New Jersey restaurant to take care of her toddler son who was diagnosed with nonverbal autism. She didn't have enough money to buy essential items, and local social-service lists repeatedly led to dead ends. Feeling hopeless, she put out a plea for help on social media. Four charitable women responded.

These past months can feel like a zombie-apocalypse sci-fi movie, yet there are still angels among us. Enter real-life angel, Simone Gordon, a.k.a: The Black Fairy Godmother. However, Ms. Simone is not concerned with princesses going to the ball. This philanthropist/special needs advocate/black community organizer/motivational speaker is creating miracles every day for real-life women in need.

Simone is a mom on a mission. She has raised more than $200,000 to support women who need transitional housing, money for medical bills and education! Her pay-it-forward attitude is amazing, and she must be fearless while she braces the cold weather temps which wreak havoc on her skin. Olay Body's brand ambassador, Olympic snowboarder and winter skin expert, Jamie Anderson, stops by to surprise Simone with Olay Body products, including Olay Body Cleansing and Nourishing Body Wash with high-end ingredients like Vitamin B3 Complex, Collagen and Hyaluronic Acid. Plus, Olay Body gives Simone an even bigger surprise! #KellyClarksonShow

These days, sometimes feels like an a zombie-apocalypse Sci-Fi movie. Yet there are still angels among us. Enter real life angel, Simone Gordon, aka, The Black Fairy Godmother. Philanthropist / Special Needs Advocate / Black Community Organizer / Motivational Speaker. Ms. Gordon is a 2020 Webby Award Winner. Ms. Simone is not concerned with princesses going to the ball. She is creating miracles everyday for real life women in need. Making sure a couple hundred bucks is not what's standing between keeping her apartment and children, and other survival situations for so many women in this country.

Paying it forward has taken on a whole new meaning for two women who live on different U.S. coasts. Linda and Simone never met until the need for social justice reform started becoming more apparent to more people, and now, they're helping others together.

Simone Gordon, known on Instagram as @theblackfairygodmotherofficial, has been helping people across the country via her Instagram page. She received a Webby Award for her good deeds.

Simone Gordon, better known as the Black Fairy Godmother, won the Webby Special Achievement for using social media to aid women of color who have been severely impacted by COVID-19.

The annual awards show celebrates the wide variety of things that happen online, from websites and podcasts to design and data visualizations to video series and social media accounts, and they tend to touch on a big swath of what happened in the preceding year.

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Known as "the black fairy godmother," Simone Gordon helps struggling families pay bills and put food on the table with the assistance of her Instagram following, and she's also raising money for those affected by Covid-19.

Simone Gordon, known on Instagram as "Black Fairy Godmother," opens up about her inspiring work, and two women tell us how she changed their lives. ABC News' Will Ganss reports.

Simone Gordon, known on Instagram as "Black Fairy Godmother," opens up about her inspiring work, and two women tell us how she changed their lives. ABC News' Will Ganss reports.

Simone Gordon found her beginnings as the Black Fairy Godmother a few years ago. A single mother of a precious child that had severe autism, she was in a time of dire need, so she reached out to government agencies and nonprofits only to not receive any help or answers. She turned to social media and someone recommended she join Reparations of Offerings, the Facebook group dedicated to donating items to women of color in crisis. After joining, she received offers for food, money, and grocery store trips, and this became the beginning of Simone Gordon's activism in organizing aid for women in need as The Black Fairy Godmother. Since then, she has become a motivational speaker, a special needs advocate, and a domestic violence resource specialist.

Pastiloff started direct giving before the pandemic hit. Two years ago, she met Simone Gordon (@theblackfairygodmotherofficial), a single mom with a special needs child who uses this method to help people in need. For instance, Pastiloff would put a call out for her followers to send money through Venmo or Paypal to help pay an electric bill for a family in need. Or she would send her followers to Gordon's "emergency wishlists" on Amazon or Target.com, so donors could go buy directly from the list to send things like diapers and school supplies.

Simone Gordon, 33, sends emergency funds and supplies to women who are fleeing abusive partners, losing their jobs, facing eviction and more

Thursday, April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day. For more information, visit Autism Speaks' website. Simone Gordon may be thriving now - as the organizer behind the flourishing @TheBlackFairyGodmotherOfficial Instagram account, she mobilizes thousands of followers to help women in emergency situations, some life-or-death.

Perhaps one of the most powerful yet reserved women I met that evening was the event's Executive Director, Simone Gordon. This may seem hyperbolic but in my opinion, Gordon is similar to a modern-day Harriett Tubman; only her network is neither secret nor relegated to matters of race. No, Simone Gordon is known on Instagram as "The Black Fairy Godmother," and through the power of the internet, she's created a support system where strangers unite to provide emergency assistance to those in need.

When Simone Gordon tells me she doesn't sleep, I believe her. After all, she's a full-time nursing student, a single mom to a non-verbal 9-year-old son who has autism, and a part-time waitress. And the 33-year-old, who resides in Bloomfield, NJ, is the magic behind the @blackfairygodmother account on Instagram, where her 5K+ followers and team of four volunteers help people get out of emergency situations.