Karina
Are there any community events or groups that are important to you and your family?
We usually help the Chabbad in Kendall. I think they offer great free events. They have a friendship circle where they partner kids with special needs with other kids. They do field trips together, music activities, and promote social interaction. We usually give to them and the Miami Jewish Federation as well.
Robbie
Are there any community events or groups that are important to you and your family?
Feeding South Florida. They are an unbelievable organization, and I just hope that more people can help them. The other charity that is close to our heart is called the Children's Bereavement Center. They provide counseling and grief support for children who have lost a close loved one. I know that they're hurting because their major fund raising gala got canceled in April.
Scout
Are there any community events or groups that are important to you and your family?
On my sixth birthday I started asking for donations to the apes instead of presents. I also volunteer and participate in Art 4 Apes. I like to have lemonade stands with my friends. When I was eight I decided I wanted to raise $10,000 by the time I turned ten. I reached this goal at the age of eleven and I have now raised over $12,000.
Lewis
Are there any community events or groups that are important to you and your family?
We love taking care of animals. We support the local animal shelters here and ASPCA. We also support the Wounded Warriors, which is a veterans group of injured men and women who put their lives on the line for our country.
Dan
Are there any community events or groups that are important to you and your family?
On October 27th, the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Group is coming from Israel to perform - Horses in the Sky. They are an amazing dance group and my partner’s daughter is in the group.
Stephan
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I’ve loved playing at the Feast with the Beast event at the Miami Zoo. It is a fantastic event – it happens at night, after the zoo is closed. It’s a multi ethnic stroll with all kinds of entertainment and food from the cultures you find here in Miami.
Mackenzie
Are there any community events or groups that are important to you and your family?
That's the easiest question you've asked me this whole time. Dance Marathon. I believe it's late March in Gainesville, Florida. It's a philanthropic event put on by students, in which we raise money for Children's Miracle Network. I was heavily involved as an undergraduate student. My last year, we raised $3.2 million. That money goes towards the equipment, volunteers and staff at Shand's hospital in Gainesville, Florida. I will definitely be driving up to Gainesville in March for that.
Heidi
Are there any community events or groups that are important to you and your family?
I support the LGBTQ community as best I can. I support any animal community. With our dogs, we often volunteer at hospitals and nursing homes to bring a little bit of a smile and compassion. Actually, our dogs do most of it. It's wonderful to see the reaction that elderly or infirmed people have to a dog that's wagging its tail and licking your hand.
Daniel
Are there any community events or groups that are important to you and your family?
I get involved with the poetry festival every April, called O, Miami. They put on so many great events during the month of April. Another that we're about to enter, is Latino Conservation Week from July 17th to July 25th. There's a slew of amazing events focusing on getting outdoors to learn about conservation and different spaces. I'm hosting one of the events, at Amelia Earhart park on Saturday, the 24th at 10:00 AM. It's going to be myself and another beekeeper named Adrian Perez, the bearded beekeeper. It's going to be a double workshop with an introduction to beekeeping and then how to build habitats for pollinators.
Alina
Are there any community events or groups that are important to you and your family?
There are four that I am close to. Multiple Sclerosis at University of Miami, Breast Cancer awareness through the Sylvester Center, Zanmi Beni children’s shelter, and Autism.