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November 2017 Newsletter
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…
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October 2017 Newsletter
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…
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September 2017 Newsletter
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…
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August 2017 Newsletter
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…
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July 2017 Newsletter
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,…
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Meet the Mentors – Pt. 1
*** Firewall Centers sat down with Nirmel to learn about all his experience as a Mentor at Firewall. *** Q: How long have you been working for Firewall Centers? Nirmel: This would actually be my second year. I was also a mentor for my first year at Western High School. I honestly prefer working…
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June 2017 Newsletter
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…
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May 2017 Newsletter
The school year is coming to a close, and it’s hard to believe that Serve-A-Thon was almost one month ago! We wanted to spend some time to reflect on how much the event impacted our students. #FirewallServes: Serve-A-Thon Recap Our 4th Annual Serve-A-Thon was a great success! Firewall students took Broward by storm, serving at…
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400 At-Risk Students Complete a Countywide Day of Service
400 At-Risk Students Complete a Countywide Day of Service Firewall Centers’ participants are given a hands-on opportunity to learn that serving is way of life at the 4th annual Serve-A-Thon DAVIE, Fla. (Apr. 29th, 2017) – On Saturday, April 29th, Firewall Centers held its fourth annual Serve-A-Thon presented by SunTrust Bank, where over 400…
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April 2017 Newsletter
Our annual Serve-A-Thon is just 2 weeks away, and we wanted to share some success stories from our Blanche Ely high school center and update you on how our students will be serving Broward. Berenice and Maylika are seniors at Blanche Ely High School. Recently, Maylika pulled her mentor Tera aside and started crying.…