Yesterday the Brooks' Bunch students received their certification for successfully completing the Fifth Third Bank Venture Capital Program provided by our partnership with Fifth Third Bank and EVERFI. This is their second certification this school year. Through this program the students wrote business plans for starting their own Food Truck business. We were honored to [...]
On February 28, 2018, Derrick Brooks Charities along with our program partner EVERFI celebrated Black History Month at Memorial Middle School with the students that have been participating in our 306 African American History Program. Derrick Brooks kicked things off with an inspirational message tot he kids and then the students were treated to a [...]
On September 5, 2017 Derrick Brooks Charities will be implementing the new partnership with Fifth Third Bank and EVERFI at Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate High School. Derrick Brooks Charities and Fifth Third Bank have been partners for the past 6 years implementing financial literacy programs and this year with the help of Fifth Third and EVERFI [...]
Yesterday Derrick Brooks Charities celebrated the graduates of the Everfi Character Playbook Summer course. In this course, the students were educated on healthy relationships, character education, and social-emotional learning. Congratulations to the 12 students who successfully completed the course over the summer!!
Weeks 2-3 of the Ever Fi program we have completed Module 1 of the Character Playbook course. By the end of Module 1 the students were able to identify and label emotions , understand the role emotions play in decision making, and determine what external factors affect emotions. One of the program participants can be [...]
This week was our first week in the computer lab with the students at Springhill Park Community Center. The introduction to our brand new partner program EVERFI was a great success, after taking their pretests the students dove into the Character Playbook program. Stay tuned for more updates.
