There’s no I in team and this group is worthy of the love and respect!! Great time was had at Est. 33 Thai Craft Kitchen and Brewery in Brickell City Center! Our team gathered (socially distant) to celebrate the holiday season and the success achieved this year. Our change-maker’s work behind the scenes is invaluable…
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Our families had an eventful and exciting afternoon making some holiday memories! We invited Overtown Youth Center and Honey Shine Inc. families and staff for a holiday family portrait mini session at the Courtside Apartments in Overtown. This fundraiser helps us continue our programs and provides a fun way to kick-start a season filled with…
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NBWA in partnership with the Overtown Youth Center and Honey Shine Inc. surprised 13 families with a holiday toy drive on December 4th in Doral. In addition to toys, food from Shannon Allens’s Grown Restaurant was also distributed and enjoyed! The organic farm to fork cuisine was delicious! NBWA chooses organizations that align with…
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This holiday season was off the charts! YnG DnA teamed up with Wade Family Foundation on its 1st Annual Shop With YnG DnA Event, surprising 10 of our Overtown Youth Center and Honey Shine students with a $150 shopping spree this holiday season! Our students also received YnG DnA merchandise, Starbucks breakfast and a special…
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Overtown Youth Center continues to thrive in helping parents and families achieve their career goals through our banking training! We congratulate our UnidosUS graduates, who embarked on their banking career journey on December 9th at the Center for Black Innovation. Our success is made possible by the support of our local banks and partners; Bank…
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Our community partner, Overtown Children & Youth Coalition (OCYC) donated laptops to 11 of our Overtown Youth Center and Honey Shine Inc. students, grades kindergarten through 2nd grade. Students were pleasantly surprised when they learned they would be participating in a STEM activity where they would build the laptops they were being gifted! This exercise…
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We celebrated at the Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High School a key partnership with Payless Shoes under the remarkable leadership of CEO Jared Margolis & his team, and our long-standing supporter Bank of America, by hand delivering $25,000 Payless vouchers! Faculty, teachers and their students were presented with $50 gift cards each to Payless…
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We are beaming with pride as our Overtown Youth Center Alumna, Quan, has earned her Masters of Social Work from Barry University with a focus on trauma informed care. Quan started our programs as a 2nd grader, which has allowed us to have witnessed her growth first hand throughout her journey with us. Quan continues…
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Please join us in congratulating Jeanice Princess Escarment, a Honey Bug Alumna of Honey Shine Inc., as she prepares for the grand opening of her storefront shop, Princess Shop, in North Miami on January 20th 2022! With an entrepreneurial spirit that she garnered from her father, a Haitian Immigrant business owner, Jeanice is ready to…
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Mourning Family Foundation’s Annual Holiday party presented by Overtown Youth Center and Honey Shine Inc. was exactly what Santa and his Elves ordered! A jolly & festive event filled with holiday giving and all the extra holiday trimmings featured our incredibly talented students who performed a magical musical showcase! Plus, the warmth of donors, volunteers…
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