Young ladies from Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, Breakthrough Miami, the Overtown Youth Center and Honey Shine took part in Sisterhood Day. Hosted at Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, this empowering day focused on the power of sisterhood. Team building activities, workshops from...
Whose ready for a scavenger hunt…??? READY…SET…GO!!!! Clue 1: What is the name of the historic beach close to Downtown Miami??? Times up, Virginia Key Beach Park. A group of honey bugs joined the Sistahs Organization for a Black History Scavenger Hunt at the historic Virginia Key...
The Band of Brothers Day of Service is a gender specific designed program that provides a chance for our young boys to connect with other males. Through mentoring, education and honest conversation, the boys will be able to get another perspective about the things they...
Our Black History Showcase was an exciting night filled with creative arts and capped off with a spectacular show. This unforgettable evening paid homage to African-American culture and celebrated Black History Month. Taking place at Booker T. Washington Senior High on February 25th, our youth...
Overtown Youth Center and Honey Shine youth indulged on yummy and mouthwatering African-American dishes during a Black History luncheon. This feast fit for kings and queens, was a part of our month-long Black History Celebration. The kids had the opportunity to sample a variety of...
The Overtown Youth Center graduated its 4th cohort of participants from the We Are UnidosUs Latinos in Finance Job Training Program. This valuable partnerships in conjunction with Bank of America, Chase, Apollo Bank, Karmi Currency, TD Bank, One United, Dade County Federal Credit Union, as...
The Overtown Youth Center Family Services team hosted a “fruitful event” to educate, engage and empower families in our community!-- “A Day of Family and Community Connection” where the Green Haven Project, Urban Garden and Chase Bank collaborated in a hands-on learning workshop. Families were able...
The Overtown Youth Center & Honey Shine are one of 16 organizations across the country awarded a grant through the new Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and Foot Locker Foundation Community Engagement Program. The goal of this grant is to support youth & family programs...
Please join us in welcoming two new partnerships to our team, BNY Mellon, the bank of Mellon Corp. and McKinsey & Company, a management consulting firm. Both are pro bono partnerships committed to serve as resources in assisting us to navigate our exponential growth. As we...
There’s no I in team and this group is worthy of the love and respect!! Great time was had at Est. 33 Thai Craft Kitchen and Brewery in Brickell City Center! Our team gathered (socially distant) to celebrate the holiday season and the success achieved...
Our families had an eventful and exciting afternoon making some holiday memories! We invited Overtown Youth Center and Honey Shine Inc. families and staff for a holiday family portrait mini session at the Courtside Apartments in Overtown. This fundraiser helps us continue our programs and...
NBWA in partnership with the Overtown Youth Center and Honey Shine Inc. surprised 13 families with a holiday toy drive on December 4th in Doral. In addition to toys, food from Shannon Allens’s Grown Restaurant was also distributed and enjoyed! The organic farm to fork...
This holiday season was off the charts! YnG DnA teamed up with Wade Family Foundation on its 1st Annual Shop With YnG DnA Event, surprising 10 of our Overtown Youth Center and Honey Shine students with a $150 shopping spree this holiday season! Our students...
Overtown Youth Center continues to thrive in helping parents and families achieve their career goals through our banking training! We congratulate our UnidosUS graduates, who embarked on their banking career journey on December 9th at the Center for Black Innovation. Our success is made possible...
Our community partner, Overtown Children & Youth Coalition (OCYC) donated laptops to 11 of our Overtown Youth Center and Honey Shine Inc. students, grades kindergarten through 2nd grade. Students were pleasantly surprised when they learned they would be participating in a STEM activity where they...
We celebrated at the Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High School a key partnership with Payless Shoes under the remarkable leadership of CEO Jared Margolis & his team, and our long-standing supporter Bank of America, by hand delivering $25,000 Payless vouchers! Faculty, teachers and their...
So much good news to share as our team grows and thrives within our organization! This is what our dreams are made of at the Overtown Youth Center and Honey Shine Inc.! We feel an immense sense of gratification to experience the growth and development...
We are beaming with pride as our Overtown Youth Center Alumna, Quan, has earned her Masters of Social Work from Barry University with a focus on trauma informed care. Quan started our programs as a 2nd grader, which has allowed us to have witnessed her...
Please join us in congratulating Jeanice Princess Escarment, a Honey Bug Alumna of Honey Shine Inc., as she prepares for the grand opening of her storefront shop, Princess Shop, in North Miami on January 20th 2022! With an entrepreneurial spirit that she garnered from her...
Mourning Family Foundation’s Annual Holiday party presented by Overtown Youth Center and Honey Shine Inc. was exactly what Santa and his Elves ordered! A jolly & festive event filled with holiday giving and all the extra holiday trimmings featured our incredibly talented students who performed...
Happy New Year We hope that time off during the holidays provided each of you some time to reflect, re-energize, regroup and re-focus… Last year was an extremely BUSY year for OYC - challenging in some ways, yet REWARDING in more ways! As in last year, the THRILL...
