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For Valentine’s Day, our students and mentors gave handmade cards to over 400 residents at three different elderly care centers with the help of Heart2Heart Outreach of South Florida. Leading up to Valentine’s Day, all of our Firewall students were taught that they can love others by serving them, so they created personalized cards…

We Reached Our Matching Challenge Goal! We would like to thank everyone who made it possible for us to reach our $40,000 match! With the funds raised, we are able to start the year strong and provide 500+ students with the tutoring and mentoring services they need to succeed in school, build their character,…

It’s almost 2018, and our high school seniors are busy preparing for the next steps in their lives. One of these seniors is Kyan from our Blanche Ely High School Center. Kyan has been in Firewall since 8th grade, and his hard work during his years at Blanche Ely led to his induction into…

This month, we would like to highlight two service projects that our students participated in as well as our successful Firewall Family Dinner event! Operation Christmas Child ‘Wrap-Up’ For the second year in a row, all 500+ Firewall students participated in the Operation Christmas Child Project. They packed and sent out 113 shoeboxes filled…

This month, we were recognized for a prestigious award and formed a new partnership in our community to provide the best for our students. We Won the AmeriCorps Rising Star Award! After our first year as an AmeriCorps program, we were presented with Volunteer Florida’s Rising Star Award at their 2016 – 2017 Awards…

School started back up this past week after a short break for Hurricane Irma. We are thankful to say that we are safe and received little to no damage from the storm, and all of our centers are back to business. We hope you and your families are doing well after the storm. We have an…

The 2017 – 2018 school year is officially underway! This week, we welcomed returning and new students at our Centers and are excited for what the year has in store. Before the school year began, we had a very successful mentor training and partnered with Calvary Chapel Plantation to get our students ready for…

Summer 2017 has been a great one for Firewall. We successfully launched three summer programs, and we also won a community award! Our Summer Program was a Blast! In the last month, we served over 100 students through our three summer programs! Incoming 6th and 7th graders reviewed math, science, and language arts skills,…

The school year is officially over and our summer programs have begun! Here are some end-of-year announcements and a recap on our annual awards ceremony. Three Summer Programs!  Firewall doesn’t end when the school year does. This week, we launched summer programs at Lauderhill 6-12 School, Pompano Beach Middle School, and the Orange Park…