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BNI Miami Dade supports “Teach for America” at the 4th Annual Family Day @ the Marlins

Click below for a video of all the fun and excitement!

On Sunday, May 16th, 200 BNI members and guests 200 members and guests gathered at Sunlife Stadium and enjoyed food, fun, networking and baseball at the “4th Annual BNI Family Day at the Marlins”. A portion of every ticket sold benefitted Teach For America – Miami-Dade, a nonprofit working to address the achievement gap facing children living in poverty within our community. The event raised $3000 to help Teach For America recruit, train, and support talented leaders who commit to teaching in the lowest performing schools in our community. The Marlins did not disappoint, beating the New York Mets by a score of 10-8. Thank you to everyone who made this year’s event such a success.

Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates and professionals of all academic majors and career interests who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and become leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity.

Their mission is to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most promising future leaders in the effort. In the short run, the corps members work relentlessly to ensure that more students growing up today in our country's lowest-income communities are given the educational opportunities they deserve. In the long run, our alumni are a powerful force of leaders working from inside education and from every other sector to effect the fundamental changes needed to ensure that all children have an equal chance in life. Learn more about their impact here.

“Teach For America was extremely honored to partner with BNI Miami-Dade to ensure that our community’s lowest-income students get an excellent education. Currently, despite our ideals, children living in poverty are dramatically behind. Ten year olds living in poverty are already three years behind, and only 50% will even graduate from high school. BNI’s focus on strengthening our community through relationships, cultivating talent, and spreading the “givers gain” are so deeply in line with our work. BNI’s investment will enable Teach For America to recruit and support leaders who commit to making dramatic changes in our community’s lowest performing schools, student by student, classroom by classroom. The 4th Annual BNI Family Day at The Marlins was an exciting and meaningful event that generated much needed funds for our expansion efforts in Miami-Dade. Thank you to those who came out and supported our efforts to ensure that children born into poverty have access to educational opportunities and are equipped with the skills they need to succeed in their lives.” – Rebecca Fishman Lipsey, Executive Director, Teach For America – Miami-Dade.

Special thanks to Felipe Marrou – Videographer of the Referral Professionals Chapter - for capturing the fun and excitement.