partners
Soca Run Nation
Soca Run Nation is a non-profit dedicated to promoting health and wellness in African American and Caribbean communities all over the world. We partner with local non-profits and urban schools to host field days to start a new lifestyle of fitness and health routine. Soca-run programming is geared towards students, children, the elderly, and any members of the community that want to achieve higher health consciousness. Our activities are hosted in community centers, school gymnasiums, fitness centers, fields, recreation centers, churches, and parks. More recently we have been able to host virtual meetings as well.
Our goal is to inspired healthy living through Normal everyday life and experiences. We believe “ You Make it fun, you make it life!”
Florida Breast Cancer Foundation
Ending the suffering caused by breast cancer
For nearly 30 years, the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation (FBCF) has dedicated itself to ending the suffering caused by breast cancer. Our mission is to save the lives of those impacted by breast cancer by supporting scientific research, community education, public policy through advocacy, living expense and mammogram programs. FBCF is a Charity Navigator Four Star Charity and the ONLY breast cancer organization to receive a perfect rating of 100, making it the #1 rated breast cancer organization in Florida and in the nation. You can give with confidence and trust your gift will make the largest impact possible. All funds raised stay in Florida to mobilize breast cancer programs for fellow Floridians. Join us and together, we WILL better the lives of those with breast cancer and their families, giving hope where sometimes there is none. Together, we WILL change the landscape.
Harmony Dance Academy
Harmony Dance Academy (HDA) was founded in 2012 by Vanessa Aird. As an Educator for over 15 years, it has been her life’s work to aid youth in reaching their full potential by first gaining a better understanding of self; all through the power of dance. It has been her dream for years to create a dance program that is inclusive, educational and affordable; free from all biases. There is nothing more rewarding than materializing this dream in her hometown of Brooklyn, New York; where the need is not only palpable, but undeniable. It was in a small dance studio on Church Avenue that her passion was first realized. Brooklyn has given Ms. Aird so much and in turn she would like to give back to the very neighborhoods that nurtured her as a child and young adult. From it’s inception, HDA has reached out those that are less fortunate, yet have a true desire to dance and therefore ensures that the program fee is and remains minimal. As a result, HDA intentionally focuses on underserved neighborhoods such as Flatbush, East Flatbush, Bed Stuy & Crown Heights. From it’s humble beginnings in a small classroom in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, HDA has now spread it’s wings to reach youth as far as Grenada, West Indies and Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Central Brooklyn Soccer Club
CBSC is the home of more than 300 young players and has been praised since 2010 as one of the best in Brooklyn, NY. Spearheaded by Shomari Ramsay, Stan Harmon, Dario Trujillo, Artis Nicholls, Al Peters, and Kevin Moo Young, the club has traveled to and participated in tournaments in the UK, Portugal, Spain, Dubai, Cayman Islands, and most recently South Africa.
CBSC raises money every year to compete internationally and showcase the talent of the youth players in the club as well as immersing them into different cultures and experiences.
KaGra Foundation
The KaGra Foundation was started in 2018 due to witnessing the needs of the poor and indigent in the society. The KaGra Foundation is committed to the needs of families by helping them to secure benefits through Medicare, Medicaid, and various feeding programs. The needs are great and resources are shrinking, however, the urgency to keep families equipped with the capacity to be self-sufficient is a constant reminder for this foundation to be proactive. The ultimate goal is to create independence for families so that they do not become dependent on a system that is already struggling with resources.