Page 5 - 2017 Annual Report Flip

Children, Family, & Community Impact

125 In the holiday
We collaborated with season,
several community
families
155
agencies including
participated
Junior Welfare Society,
in our
families received
Miami Herald Wishbook
parent education
Thanksgiving
Foundation, Goodman
series
meals
Jewish Family Services,
and Children’s Aid Club
to provide 36 families 172
462 with emergency
families received
assistance funding
Holiday gifts for
needy families totaling
the entire family
visited our J&J
$23,754
Boutique, our

clothing and 23
food pantry
children received
new bikes, and
463
178
bags of groceries children received
were distributed new shoes
to our families
through
The risk of abuse
Project Lifeline
4 Parenting Series were offered: a was lowered
First Time Home Buyers Series from 40% to 15%
presented by the Urban League, because
51 an Adventures in Relationships
20
Series presented by Live the Life, a
Financial Literacy Series
children
presented by Bank of America families were
received services
and a Career Advancement Series enrolled in our
from the Oral
presented by Brilliant Financial Nurturing
Health Institute
Staffing and the Ritz Carlton Parenting
at no cost
Course

people received free health and dental
screenings through the UM Miller School
families met the goals that they set for
52 200 of medicine’s DOCS program, with the
themselves at the beginning of the
assistance of the Forum on Women’s
school year
Health. Feeding South Florida also
distributed more than 5,000 pounds of
fresh produce at the event
We hosted an Adult Education fair that
gave the community the opportunity in tax refunds were collected thanks to the
meet with representatives from colleges
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program
6/22/17 and technical programs such as
which provided free income tax
Broward College, Atlantic Technical preparation services to the community in
College, O.I.C., and the Urban League. partnership with the Hispanic Unity,
$29K
Financial Aid, G.E.D., and enrollment
United Way and Children’s Services
information were also available onsite
Council