{"id":4808,"date":"2014-06-11T11:56:41","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T11:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floc.org\/?p=4808"},"modified":"2018-10-06T12:02:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T12:02:28","slug":"floc-celebrates-9th-annual-recognition-event-and-empower-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floc.org\/flocold2020\/floc-celebrates-9th-annual-recognition-event-and-empower-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"FLOC celebrates 9th Annual Recognition Event and Empower Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, FLOC held the 9th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual Recognition Event and Empower Awards at the\u00a0Woman\u2019s National Democratic Club<\/a>. The event was well attended with a great mix of students, families, and volunteers from both the\u00a0Neighborhood Tutoring Program<\/a>\u00a0(NTP) and the\u00a0Scholars program<\/a>. What I loved most about the event was that we highlighted everyone together. All of our honorees were recognized for embodying the values of dreaming, advocating, and bridge building. For those who were not able to attend the event, I would like to share some of the important moments of the event.<\/p>\n

The first is a sentimental moment where a colleague and I were able to honor one of our FLOC advocates who had recently passed away. Her name was Fanny Canar and she first arrived at FLOC\u2019s door in the fall of 2006 to get tutoring support for her daughter. Although NTP was not the right fit for her daughter, she ended up enrolling her into the Scholars program and later became an advocate for many other families who needed FLOC\u2019s free educational services. Over the course of 8 years, Fanny would ask questions about the enrollment process, take applications and she would even follow up with families when we needed help. She was a true believer of FLOC and she will be dearly missed. I am so blessed to have known her and to have participated in the portion of the ceremony commemorating her.<\/p>\n

Another memorable part of our ceremony was when we honored our 8th<\/sup>\u00a0graders for being halfway to college. We named that portion of the ceremony, \u201cHalfway Day 2014\u201d, \u00a0because that is exactly what my mentor did for me when I was in 8th<\/sup>\u00a0grade. She bought shirts with our college graduation date on the front for everyone in my class and she encouraged us to dream and plan for that date. I was strongly impacted by her gesture and her involvement in my life that I thought it would be appropriate to replicate that with our 8th<\/sup>\u00a0graders. Here is a picture of the four 8th<\/sup>\u00a0graders who attended the event and received a shirt!<\/p>\n\n\t\t