Fight to End Child Sex Trafficking Comes to the Big Screen

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7 Jun 2016
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  Posing as American sex tourists wanting to buy children, the Operation Underground Railroad’s (O.U.R.) jump team, led by Tim Ballard, meets with traffickers. They negotiate. Dozens of hidden cameras capture the darkness of human trafficking at a party with girls — 12, 13, 14 years old — in Cartagena, Colombia, with younger girls and boys at an orphanage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In “The Abolitionists,” the action is real. Light comes into the darkness as seven traffickers are arrested. Hope comes to the hopeless as 57 victims are rescued. “Some people lose their faith over such evil,” said Tim Ballard, […]

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Ways Students Can Use Summer Vacation to Prepare for the Future

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Is your family thinking about the skills and experience your child needs for college and future success? The majority of college admission officers recommend that students start preparing before or by ninth grade. Yet, more than half of middle level students haven’t started prepping for college, according to statistics from the National Honor Society (NHS) and National Junior Honor Society (NJHS). Experts say that summer is the perfect time for children to get ahead in building skills and experience for the journey to and through college and lifelong success. “It’s never too early to start building your future,” says Jonathan […]

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Mentor Programs Help Former Foster Youth Soar

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  Racquell Perry, a former foster child and newly-minted lawyer, is on a mission. The 26-year-old earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) in Tallahassee in just three years, a law degree from FAMU three years later and soared past the Florida bar exam last month. What’s her new quest? To help other young people from foster care, and the adults involved in their lives, learn about campus-based programs to help former foster youth excel in college. “Growing up I was surrounded by poverty, and I was not happy about how things were […]

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Christian Pop Rock duo LoveCollide to Appear at Elev8Life Summer Music Jam in June

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3 May 2016
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Nashville-based duo LoveCollide, comprised of sisters Lauren and Brooke DeLeary, who were featured in the recent movie God’s Not Dead 2, will perform at Abundant Life Church in June at Elev8Life Summer Music Jam. Featured as artists of the month in May by Newreleasetoday.com, LoveCollide’s mission is to “awaken a movement and ignite a wildfire passion for Jesus in the hearts of this generation and those to come.” That is exactly what these young women have been doing ever since their debut CD was released to rave industry reviews in April 2014. Elev8Life Summer Music Jam LoveCollide will be one […]

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Westminster Academy Announces New Headmaster

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Westminster Academy School Board recently announced the selection of Joel Satterly to serve as its headmaster beginning in July. Satterly currently serves as superintendent of Southwest Chicago Christian School and has a great deal of experience in Christian education, serving as head of school for four institutions and formerly as a secondary principal and teacher. He has a passion for the gospel, for worldview development, and leadership. Formerly president of Christian Schools of Florida (CSF), Satterly was a colleague and friend of Dr. Ken Wackes, executive director of CSF and headmaster of Westminster Academy from 1973 to 2005. Wackes congratulated […]

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Sheriff’s Office Honors Women of Faith

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30 Mar 2016
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In honor of Women’s History Month, the Broward Sherriff’s Office celebrated female spiritual leaders at the agency’s first-ever Women’s Clergy Appreciation Breakfast on March 8. Presented by BSO’s Chaplain’s Office and hosted at the Urban League of Broward County, the ceremony featured live jazz, a breakfast buffet and passionate speeches from women grounded in their faith and committed to improving their communities. Sheriff Scott Israel applauded the women clergy’s work to help those in need in Broward County. “Women are the fiber of the community. They remind our youth of their potential,” he said. The celebration was attended by nearly […]

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Sweet Dreams Gala Supports 4KIDS

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4KIDS raised more than $180,000 to benefit kids in crisis during their Sweet Dreams Gala on February 27, at the Woodfield Country Club in Boca Raton. Woodfield welcomed upwards of 300 4KIDS advocates, community leaders and guests who came together for the annual event. The evening began with a reception hour on veranda as guests were greeted by Sweet Dreams Gala honorary hosts Bernhard and Vikki Langer, and had the opportunity to meet new 4KIDS President, David Fee and his wife Terry. Guests then entered an elegant dining room with distinguished décor and photos of the children who have been […]

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March of Dimes and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Bring Stork’s Nest Prenatal Program to Broward County

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A ribbon-cutting ceremony for Stork’s Nest Prenatal Program was held on February 29 at Seagull Alternative High School. Stork’s Nest is a collaborative community-based program between the March of Dimes and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. that encourages pregnant women to receive early and regular prenatal care to help them have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.  Students were registered in December and the Stork’s Nest officially opened its doors on February 29. Stork’s Nest stresses the importance of early and regular prenatal care, offers culturally sensitive prenatal educational classes and encourages a variety of healthy-pregnancy activities. Women earn […]

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Place of Hope Honors Berlin Family at Hope Bash

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Place of Hope celebrated its 15th year of serving foster children and a decade of hosting one of the season’s signature events at its 10th Annual Hope Bash. The gala fundraiser welcomed a sold-out crowd of more than 630 guests to PGA National Resort & Spa.  The theme of “Celebrating Hope for the Future” was illustrated with futuristic décor and glowing centerpieces that told the story of how many children benefit from Place of Hope. “Every year, over 1,000 children in Palm Beach County are removed from their homes. Every child deserves hope,” was the message displayed on every table. […]

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Korean War Veteran Now Has a Wheelchair Accessible Home Thanks to Local Volunteers

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Homer Goddard served in the Korean War and was awarded the Bronze Star. When he left the military he worked in the construction industry and built the home he lives in today. But now the 85-year-old is struggling with Parkinson’s disease and uses a wheelchair which the home isn’t built to accommodate. On March 11, more than 20 volunteers from local Home Depot stores volunteered to make the changes to his home for free. The group is part of Team Depot, the company’s associate-led volunteer force that works to improve the homes and live of veterans. Team Depot partnered with […]

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