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April 2016 Newsletter
Meet Victoria. Her story of transformation did not happen overnight. She has been part of Firewall since sixth grade and lacked motivation throughout middle school. She kept C’s and D’s on her report card and wasn’t happy to be at Firewall after school. “We didn’t give up on her even though she wanted…
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March 2016 Newsletter
Keep Giving Back at Serve-A-Thon Our third annual Serve-A-Thon is right around the corner! Our 400 students and their mentors will come together on April 30th to engage in a day of service to make a lasting impact in the community. Members of the Lifework Leadeship class will also help serve on that day. This year, students…
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February 2016 Newsletter
We are a FINALIST! Our founder, Andy Fernandez, was nominated as one of the three finalists for the Non-Profit Leader of the Year Academy Award presented by 2-1-1 Broward. As our Executive Director, Andy has established partnerships county-wide that have allowed Firewall to grow exponentially in just 5 years, expanding from serving 40 students to 400…
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January 2016 Newsletter
Our motivation for the year Right before Thanksgiving, the mom of one of our students called and shared some terrible news with us. She lost her job and car and had just 2 weeks to come up with rent money or she and her 3 children would be homeless. Our Firewall staff was able…
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Firewall Centers receives $7,500 grant from Bank United to change student lives
MIAMI LAKES, Fla. (Dec. 22nd, 2015) – Bank United awarded Firewall Centers a generous $7,500 grant to further the organization’s vision to transform the lives of students into servant leaders. Nearly all of 400 program participants are low-income and come from minority families. Every day during the critical after-school hours, these students receive mentoring, tutoring,…
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December 2015 Newsletter
As the holidays draw closer, we are reminded that this season is truly about “Giving Back,” which is a principle that we continually teach our Firewall students. As they learn what it means to serve others and become servant leaders each day, they realize that thankfulness, joy, and generosity are so much more valuable than any…
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Firewall Centers receives $5,000 grant from the Cruise Industry Charitable Foundation
POMPANO, Fla. (Dec. 14th, 2015) – The Cruise Industry Charitable Foundation provided Firewall Centers with a generous $5,000 grant to expand its Pompano Beach Middle School program. These funds will help increase the center capacity from 50 at-risk students to 60 and provide them with top-quality mentors and school essentials. “The Firewall program helps students…
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Firewall Centers partners with Take Stock in Children to achieve one goal: changed lives.
DAVIE, Fla. (Nov. 12th, 2015) – Nine Firewall students were awarded a two year Florida pre-paid scholarship from the Take Stock in Children (TSIC) program. All nominated students have been in the Firewall program for at least two years and are excelling in their character and academics. This new partnership with TSIC is another opportunity…
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November 2015 Newsletter
As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, we have a lot of new developments to be thankful for. In the last couple of weeks, we received a generous grant from the women of StrikeForce 421, hosted our annual Student-to-Leader Luncheon, were featured on Channel 10, and launched a beautifully redesigned website that you can view here.…
