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L.E.A.P.
Ladies Empowerment & Achievement Program
MILAGRO CENTER JUNE 2021 - JUNE 2023
Milagro Center’s Ladies Empowerment & Achievement Program (L.E.A.P.) was created to strengthen the development of at-risk teenage girls in southern Palm Beach County. L.E.A.P. provides these young ladies with academic support, guidance and positive role models using bi-weekly learning sessions on topics such as academics, self-esteem, positive body image, life skills, personal development, financial literacy, career preparation, entrepreneurship, technology, and cosmetology. L.E.A.P. also arranges career internships and shadowing opportunities for participants. Community support has been tremendous, especially in the form of women volunteers and guest speakers at their bi-weekly meetings. Impact PBC funds have allowed L.E.A.P. to increase their number of participants and chapter sites.
Project Uplift ROOTS AND WINGS JUNE 2020 - JUNE 2023
additional 2nd and 3rd graders participated at 2 Title I schools and will achieve one year's growth in reading proficiency 120 Key Impacts expanded Project Uplift to include struggling readers at two additional Title One schools -- Rolling Green in Boynton Beach and Coral Sunset in Boca Raton -- adding 60 second and third graders to the program at each school. After COVID restrictions were lifted, in-school tutoring began in Fall 2021 with 50 students at both schools. Roots and Wings’ Project Uplift provides intensive after-school reading tutoring to second and third graders to bring them up to grade level reading before they leave third grade. A key feature of the program is grouping children according to skill level to eliminate any stigma from program participation. This grant
at-risk girls served 139 Key Impacts girls in internships or shadowing opportunities 25 80% enrolled in a 2 to 4 year college or university
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