"I Am Me!"

80 young girls from the Honey Shine Mentoring Program, a program of Alonzo Mourning Charities, prepare for the school year while learning how to save money and manage finances with the help of Honey Shine mentors and Target team leaders. The chosen Honey Bugs, whom are being rewarded to select Honey Shine participants based upon their attendance and participation in the program, will shop at Target for back-to-school items.

Ten Honey Bugs of the Honey Shine Mentoring Program put their skills to the test during a week-long Starbot Robotics Camp at Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart as they built four robots to compete on the final day of camp. Starbot, a local educational robotics institution that works with students across South Florida, led the camp and worked with the Honey Shine girls to inspire them to become future engineers and inventors.

The last week of camp proved to be a busy week for our Honey Bugs. Hyatt Regency Miami opened up their doors and hosted our Honey Bugs for two days where the girls were able to experience all of the different parts of a hotel. The girls spent the day with the departments of front desk, housekeeping, kitchen, engineering, catering and more. By the end of the day the girls were ready to "officially" go to work for Hyatt. In addition to the Hyatt field trip a group of our girls visited the Miami Children's Museum where they were able to get hands on experience with different professions. The week ended on a high note with the annual Awards show where many of the girls were awarded on their accomplishments of the summer.

The third week of camp brought the third annual Talent Show for Camp Honey Shine. With special guests DJ Irie, Gabrielle Union and Sanaa Lathan. With over 22 acts, our girls flourished as they showcased their singing, dancing, word of inspiration and DJ skills. In addition to the talent show, our girls were able to visit with Jennifer Behar of Jennifer's Homemade at her bakery where the girls learned how to bake the most delicious breadsticks as well as learn about how she got into the business. What a week of inspiration for our girls...

The second week of Camp Honey Shine was full of guest speakers and volunteers. Our Honey Bugs had art classes with artists Carlos Navarro and Eva Ruiz. A lesson in conversational etiquette and the middle and high school groups started DJ Skool with Rhythm City DJs.

The first week of Camp Honey Shine at Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart was filled with many fun activities from a special tour at the Miami Metrozoo (thank you Commisioner Moss) to Scrapbooking with The Paper Niche; and swimming and dance lessons.

For the third year in a row the Boucher Brothers graciously hosted our Honey Bugs for our End of the Year Beach Bash. Before the rain came the girls were able to swim in the ocean, play a game of Dodgeball and eat a delicious lunch provided by Epicure.

The Honey Shine Mentoring Program partnered up with the Environmental Coalition of Miami Beach which regularly organizes beach clean-up activities, and the locally-renowned Boucher Brothers Management who donated beach transportation to streamline the cleaning crew. Putting Earth at the top of the list on November 8th, the Honey Shine Mentoring Program hosted its first-ever “Bee” Green Day which resulted in clean beaches and a healthy environment for South Beach. More than 130 young girls, mentors, members (and their daughters) of the Honey Shine Mentoring Program, gathered this weekend to help clean seven city-blocks of South Beach.

Seventy young girls kicked-off the 2008-2009 school year with a shopping spree at Target on August 23. The girls selected to participate were chosen based on their attendance and overall growth from the previous Honey Shine programming year and this summer’s Camp Honey Shine. Each girl received a $75 gift card for Target, courtesy of the Honey Shine Mentoring Program.

Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart

July 28-August 1, 2008

Eleven young girls participated in a week-long Starbot Robotics Camp as they built four robots to compete on the final day of camp.

July 25,2008 Overtown Youth Center

We all love to have fun in the sun. Our Honey Bugs had a great day out on South Beach. We would like to acknowledge Jo Winstead and Norma Jean Abraham for being our photographers for our end of the year bash.

“I Am The Vision I Create”