NEWSLETTERS

We had an incredible 2017-2018 school year! To finish the year, we had our Servant Leader Celebration, where we honored our Seniors, 8th graders, and heard from Broward County School Board Member Dr. Rosalind Osgood. She inspired our students to keep going, despite any obstacles they may face. Dr. Osgood shared how she overcame…

Our Fifth Annual Serve-A-Thon was a great success! Our students participated in seven service projects across Broward County, including feeding the homeless, packaging food for hungry families, restoring Snyder Park, and visiting nursing homes. Our Western High School students visited the Alexander Nininger State Veterans Home and enjoyed every minute of their experience! One…

Meet Nakita, a 9th grader who started at Firewall in 6th grade. This past year has been very difficult for Nakita as one of her close friends died in a tragic car accident. She has also faced numerous health issues that have caused her to miss a lot of school. As a result, Nakita’s grades…

Our High School students are career ready! Retired businessman, Bob Jablonski, and Firewall’s Executive Director, Andy Fernandez, visited our 3 High School Centers and did a 2 week series where they shared tips on how to search for and secure a job. This series ended with students participating in mock interviews in front of…

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…