The Overtown Youth Center is introducing a new STEM curriculum to its summer program, aimed at underserved kids. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math. Aerospace company AAR funded the $350,000 program. In a recent study, The National Science Board found while diversity in the science...
Miami, FL - On Wednesday, May 7, the Overtown Youth Center Inc. (OYC), a program of the Mourning Family Foundation, welcomed Major League Soccer owner and former player, David Beckham. Hundreds of students in the program met the international soccer star, who was greeted by...
Not every DJ in town for the Winter Music Conference was solely spinning. EDM star Martin Garrix and artist Alexander Mijares spent Thursday afternoon teaching kids at Alonzo Mourning's Overtown Youth Center the art and basics of music mixing and painting and how music and...
Non-Profit Partners in Miami Dade, Palm Beach and Collier Counties to Receive Comcast Grants to Create Internet Essentials Learning Zones Helping to Bridge the Digital Divide West Palm Beach, FL – March 4, 2014 – Comcast announced today it is providing $250,000 in grants to non-profit...
Earlier this month Dwyane Wade and Li-Ning released the Way of Wade 2.0 Overtown edition of Wade's signature sneaker along with a new website, www.wayofwade.com. The highly anticipated release of these kicks available for the first time in the U.S. and Canada did not disappoint as...
NEWS For Immediate Release Four-Year Commitment Includes Mentoring and Training for STEM Careers Miami, October, 2013 — Providing new evidence of its commitment to continuing STEM education, AAR Corp. (NYSE: AIR) pledged a $250,000 gift to Overtown Youth Center in Miami. The donation is...
M E D I A A D V I S O R Y Media Contacts: Molly McMillen UnitedHealthcare (612) 353-7778 WHAT: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Overtown Youth Center Community Garden WHY: Community gardens can serve as an outdoor classroom where youth can learn valuable skills, like...
Special to South Florida Times MIAMI — Students from the Overtown Youth Center in a Miami neighborhood used song and dance to take guests around the world and back at It’s All Overtown, “One Night…One World,” an annual fundraiser hosted by Alonzo and Tracy Wilson Mourning,...
MIAMI (WSVN) -- 7News' Belkys Nerey served as emcee for a special youth benefit Thursday night. Nerey joined Miami Heat Legend Alonzo Mourning and his wife at the Rusty Pelican to help raise money for their Overtown Youth Center and the Mourning Charity Foundation. The theme of...
Former Miami Heat star Alonzo Mourning and television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz, cofounder of the HealthCorps program, talked about health and fitness at the Overtown Youth Center on Friday, March 30. The HealthCorps program offers classes on nutrition, fitness, cooking, and mental development for youth...
MIAMI (CBS4)- Former Miami Heat super star Alonzo Mourning is changing people’s lives, one meal at a time. Through his charity he is giving away hundreds of meals to less fortunate families this Thanksgiving ensuring they have a hot plate of food on Thursday. Source...
Thanksgiving came early for 33 families Monday night in Miami, thanks to former Miami Heat star Alonzo Mourning and his charity. "If you have blessings, try to use those to bless others," Mourning said. This is the 12th year Alonzo Mourning Charities has fed families...
Special to South Florida Times The 22 students from former Miami Heat star Alonzo Mourning’s Overtown Youth Center in Miami didn’t take their eyes off President Barack Obama Monday night as he told a mostly friendly audience why he should be re-elected. Sitting in the...
Gibbor Green may be only 13 years old. But this little crooner knows what he's doing and where he's going. With 8,961 likes on Facebook, this eighth grader is not your typical middle-school kid. Green is more stylish than a tiny Andre 3000, he's got...
