Young gymnasts from Honey Shine at Camp Katina

Camp Katina

Our honey bugs had the incredible opportunity to visit Camp Katina, an annual two-day gymnastics and life skills camp. Now in its 16th year, Camp Katina serves as a motivational and inspiring gymnastics camp, teaching our girls valuable lessons on self-esteem, positive thinking, and being their best. This wonderful camp also features a dance performance…

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Honey Bugs perform at the end of summer showcase

Honey Bugs Shine

Honey Shine’s end-of-the-summer showcase is the best ending to an amazing summer! During the summer our girls forged a path of enlightenment and discovery, and our end of the summer show was the best way for them to share what they learned. Our honey bugs practiced all summer and gave us amazing performance.  The audience…

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Children perform at the OYC end of summer showcase

OYC’s Got Talent

OYC youth have tons of talent, and it was evident at our end-of-the-summer talent showcase. These shining bright stars wowed the audience with stellar singing, rapping, acting, and dancing. This performance represents the mountain of talent and power that resides in our community. Parents and loved ones watched the show, awestruck by the wonderful display…

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OYC Miami summer campers receive a backpack filled with supplies to start off the new school year.

Back To School Jam

It was an absolutely great day for fun, games, and activities. Our summer campers celebrated the end of summer with a Back-to-School Jam and Backpack Drive. Each student received a backpack filled with supplies to start off the new school year. This event would not have been possible without the devoted support of our outstanding…

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Camp Honey Shine Honey Bugs participating in Camp Honey Shine's Field Day 2023.

Camp Honey Shine Field Day

Our Honey Bugs accepted the challenge and put their all into Camp Honey Shine’s Field Day. The day included a chant-off, where all the girls showed their Honey Shine spirit and created their own chants. Then, Ms. Tracy and the Honey Shine staff judged our Honey Bugs’ creativity with a door design competition. Finally, the…

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Children participate at OYC Miami's STEAM Fair

OYC Miami S.T.E.A.M. Fair

OYC Miami’s summer was filled with lots of captivating activities that challenged our summer camper’s ingenuity and creativity. Our summer campers met and exceeded the challenge all summer long and showed what off their creations during OYC Miami’s S.T.E.A.M. fair. Our young scientists created and presented terrific projects that explored rockets, amphibians, dry ice and…

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Young boys from OYC at the annual Band of Brother's summit.

A Band of Brothers

Young boys from OYC banded together at our annual Band of Brother’s summit. This yearly summit is our immersive and signature male program. Band of Brothers, formerly known as Save our Sons, is a year-long gender-specific initiative created to provide a strong supportive environment for young males to learn, grow and express themselves, and the…

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Olympic swimmer Maritza McClendon

Meeting a Champion

During Camp Honey Shine, our honey bugs met Olympic Medalist, Maritza McClendon, the first African-American woman to make the USA Olympic Swimming  Team. Martiza hosted a Swim Clinic for girls at Camp Honey Shine! Ms. Maritza helped our Honey Bugs learn water safety, swimming techniques and shared her inspirational story. Our honey bugs also had…

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