We are grateful for the Impact Polk Grant from the GiveWell Community Foundation that made our first internships possible. We celebrate these young adults and their amazing progress in life, in financial capability…
Get Outta Here Digital Divide
Strong Tower Church & Citrus Center Kiwanis help fund STEM projects for our students.
Job Skills R Us
Libertore Fund for Children for funds this summer’s first Cohort of the Future Workforce Program.
Leadership Lakeland Visits the Hood
Leadership Lakeland was here April 14 as part of their Human Services Day.
Financial Fitness with the Fam
Financial Fitness Workshops are being presented quarterly to families as part of our Make [My] Money Last program. Early release days, a meal, and fun prizes proved to be a great draw for sixty-something attendees. So far, in 2016, two family workshops have been held....
SLP Freshman Visit and Serve
SLP Freshman Visit and Serve Shout out to Ylakeland and the SLP Freshman group for visiting our programs and spending time to lead our 100 students in St. Patrick’s day-themed learning centers.
Innovation & Design collaboration for Local Nonprofits
On April 13, after a semester of hard work, Catapult’s Innovation & Design students presented solutions to various problems proffered by five nonprofits. These student teams came from Southeastern University, Florida Southern College, Polk State College, and...
Poverty Simulation Experience comes to Polk County
More than 80 leaders from many sectors came together on April 24 to experience a simulated month in the life of impoverished individuals. Under much time pressure and many unexpected emergencies, participants took on roles to help them better understand the...
Volunteers: Priceless
Volunteer of the Year Candidate Volunteers: Priceless We’ve quantified our volunteer experiences from 2015. You are irreplaceable! We try to give volunteers a sense of how their work fits in with our total work. Sometimes, when you’re pulling weeds or at the wrong...