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Though school is officially out for summer, Firewall’s work continues. This summer, we offered a six-week program in a mobile home park community in Davie. Our program focuses on preparing students for the upcoming school year and consists of leadership training, English-language exercises, and math review. At Firewall, we pride ourselves on being a…

Meet John, an AmeriCorps Firewall Mentor that worked daily with our Western High School students this past school year. John graduated from Princeton University in 2018 and will attend Duke Law School in the fall to pursue his dream of becoming a lawyer. He has always had a passion for helping others and serving…

Our Servant Leader Celebration hosted by Eric Yutzy was amazing! Our keynote speaker, Anita Fain Taylor, shared with the students that “regardless of what job you are given, as small as it may seem, give it your all.” We also recognized our graduating High School seniors, including Arnold, a Firewall student that has been…

Meet De’Andre, a Firewall student. De’Andre didn’t think he’d be able to graduate, but now he’s graduating a year early! De’Andre started attending Firewall in 6th grade. Throughout Middle School and into 9th grade, he was unmotivated to do work and struggled in most of his classes. But Firewall’s long term mentoring and tutoring…

Soroptimist International of Davie visited our Western High School Center and shared their ‘Dream It, Be It’ curriculum that provides career support for girls. Two students shared with the group about their dream to go to college. During their last session, one of the Soroptimist ladies gifted them each with $100 to start their college fund!…

For the second year in a row, our students and mentors gave handmade Valentine’s Day cards to over 200 elderly care residents with the help of Heart2Heart Outreach of South Florida. ‘It was pretty eye opening because we got to see all the physical problems the residents had and how much they miss the…

This Christmas, we gave each student at our Walker Elementary Center their own stuffed animal donated by Barry University students and a Christmas book donated by the Local 10 Big Book Drive! In the area surrounding Walker Elementary, there is a greater percentage of children living in poverty than is found in 97% of…

Firewall was presented with a check from Church United for $28,073 to help fund our new Center this year, Walker Elementary! Several churches in West Broward County came together to fund Walker Elementary ‘We decided that one of the most important things we could do to serve our community was to invest in the education…

One of our Firewall Mentors, Malkia, cried when she was told she’d be packing a present for Operation Christmas Child with her Firewall students. She was reminded of her first and only Christmas present as a child, a shoebox from Operation Christmas Child filled with gifts. Malkia grew up in Jamaica, the second poorest…