Brooks Blog
Derrick Brooks Visits Academy Prep in St. Petersburg
On October 12, 2018 Pro Football Hall of Fame Honoree and Former Tampa Bay Buccaneer, Derrick Brooks, Visited Academy Prep. Pro Football Hall of Fame [...]
Brooks Bunch Life Skills Academy Update
We are currently in week 4 of the academy. We are working with the “Glow Girls” enrichment group at Greco Middle School. There is a [...]
Brooks Bunch Math and Reading Academy Update
We are in week 4 of the curriculum for the academy. We have a consistent 10 students who are participating on a weekly basis. We [...]
Brooks Bunch Business Academy Week 4
On October 9, 2018 the Brooks Bunch Business Academy successfully completed the fourth week of programming. Some of our students have already successfully completed the [...]
Fifth Third Bank and Costco Sponsor the Community Caring and Connections Event!
A VERY special thank you to Fifth Third Bank and Coscto Wholesale Warehouse for your sponsorship of our 3rd Annual Community Caring and Connections event [...]
Rites of Passage Mentoring Program September Update
Welcome back to the Rites of Passage Program! Our kick-off meeting was held at Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate High School on September 15, 2018. The agenda [...]
Brooks Bunch Business Academy Week 2
Week 2 of Brooks Bunch Business Academy was a success. The students successfully completed the module of Savings Part 1 and began assembling their "ME [...]
Brooks Bunch Life Skills Academy at Greco Middle School
On September 20, 2018 Derrick Brooks Charities launched its Brooks Bunch Life Skills Academy at Greco Middle School with the "Glow Girls Empowerment Group"introducing them [...]
Brooks Bunch Math and Reading Academy
Derrick Brooks Charities in partnership with the Wilbert Davis Boys and Girls Club launched its Brooks Bunch Math and Reading Academy on September 13, 2018. [...]
On November 7, 2018, Derrick Brooks Charities, The City of Tampa and Fifth Third Bank will present the 3^rd Annual Community Caring and Connections family [...]
Brooks Bunch Business Academy Week 1
The Brooks Bunch Business Academy is officially underway. Yesterday marked day 1 of the Brooks Bunch Business Academy Class of 2019. We are very excited [...]
DBCYP Volunteers Enjoying Last Night’s Bucs Game
Thank you to all of our Derrick Brooks Charities Youth Programs volunteers!
“Character, teamwork, hard work, perseverance, greatness, success, failures, motivation, humility. Those are the things that this game has really taught me.”