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Spring into STEM and Camp Oasis!

Spring into STEM and Camp Oasis!

As we gear up for Spring Break, nearly 400 students are continually being served in Overtown and West Homestead at Touching Miami with Love. Thanks to great supporters we have a new and engaging STEM curriculum and during Spring Break we’ll be enforcing different skills and topics! Last month Brave Church provided items necessary for the upcoming STEM projects and assembled the kits!  Supplemental to our STEM activities, is "Structured Free Choice" where our students play to reinforce the...

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Sharing the Love at TML

Sharing the Love at TML

This Valentine’s Day Touching Miami with Love celebrated with some special treats! Our youth showed love for their TML family, and children and youth both practiced some self-love too. Just a few days before Valentine’s day, we welcomed the Stephanie Rubinstein Foundation as they conducted a mindfulness workshop for both children and youth. The students learned breathing techniques, how to calmly acknowledge their feelings and to accept their thoughts. They also received a take-home to...

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February Fun at TML: Super Bowl Edition

February Fun at TML: Super Bowl Edition

February in Miami is all about the Super Bowl coming to town, and our students were buzzing with excitement for the big game! We are utilizing the spotlight on the Super Bowl to “tackle” pressing issues facing our youth as well as have some football fun. The month began with a visit from a former Miami Dolphins cheerleader teaching our Kindergarten through Fifth-grade girls a cheer routine during their fitness time. We then hosted a Super Bowl themed Fun Friday which included a friendly series...

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Promoting Leadership

Promoting Leadership

At TML, we believe in sowing into our youth so that they bear the fruit of long-term impact. While it is no surprise to have students visit us after they’ve graduated from our program, it is always rewarding to see them return for a simple “hello,” others invest and become part of our staff team. If you’ve ever called our offices, then you’ve likely talked to Brittney. She gave us permission to share her story. Brittney was in grade school when she moved to Overtown with her grandmother when...

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“You’ve supported me, now it’s my turn to get to support you!”

By, Amanda Knight Mycah walked up the steps of our apartment one night. When I opened the door she was wet from running through the rain and I quickly invited her in as we both embraced.  In her hands, she held a gift bag and her usual big beautiful smile.  She handed us the gift and told my husband Gavin and I that we needed to open the gifts in front of her so she could see our reaction. As I opened the gifts, I took out beautiful baby onesies full of colors, with dragons, cute sayings, and...

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