Scholarships Awarded in Immokalee

THE GUADALUPE CENTER'S HISTORY STATES. IT STARTED AS A SOUP KITCHEN IN THE 1980'S. AND IT'S NOW TURNED INTO A PROGRAM SUPPORTING STUDENTS ALL THE WAY THROUGH COLLEGE WGCU REPORTER JAN TO PARK VISITED THE CENTER WHERE ACTIVITIES SERVE TO UPLIFT THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ITS YOUTH. >> YOU CAN ADD US YOU KNOW, GRANT FINANCIAL ME THAT TO THE TERMINATION IS WORKING EVERY DAY AND THEY SAID THE U.S. AND THEY CANNOT BECAME CARE SO THEY CAN GIVE ME A BETTER GETS IN AN ISA LEARNING FROM MATT CAN GIVE BACK TO THEM IN EFFECT TO THE COMMUNITY. >> AGRICULTURE DEFINES THE COMMUNITY OF ENOCH. IT'S WHERE FARMWORKERS LIVE. IT'S WHERE BOOSTERS CRUMB. IT'S WHERE LAUNDRIE US HANGING OUT TO DRY IN EACH SATURDAY. YOU CAN STOP AT THE ROADSIDE FOR US TO CALL BDA THE POLITICAL. THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE IS HAPPENING HERE. RICH SOIL OF IMMOKALEE IS ALSO PLANNING THE NEXT GENERATION OF HOME GROWN SCHOLARS. OF THE 34 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITIES OF DECLINE OF THE CENTER 100% ARE COLLEGE BOUND. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THESE GRADUATES WERE AWARDED 4.1 MILLION DOLLARS IN SCHOLARSHIP MONEY THIS YEAR. VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS, BOB SPANO CONFIRMS THAT EVERYONE'S COLLEGE IS PAID FOR. >> THE LAST 5 YEARS WE HAVE NOT HAD ONE STUDENT HAVE TO TAKE A COLLEGE LOAN TO GO TO COLLEGE AND THAT'S BASED ON THE SCHOLARSHIPS. THEY ARE IN OUR PROGRAM. SCHOLARSHIPS THAT INDIVIDUALS GIVE PARTNERSHIPS. WE HAVE WITH SCHOOLS. >> THE PROGRAM HE'S REFERRING TO IS TO TUTORING CORPS OF THE GUADALUPE CENTER IN WHICH THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MENTOR AND TEACH YOUNGER STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. >> OUR KIDS WORKING OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM WHERE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TUTOR AND THEY ARE NO WAGE. BUT EACH YEAR THAT THEY TUTOR WHEN THEY WORK UP TO 200 MEDIA HOURS YEAR, THEY CAN EARN UP TO OUR CREW UP TO $4,000 A YEAR. SO PROBABLY IN 90% OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PROGRAM ACCRUE $16,000. WELL, THE TIME THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN WE DISTRIBUTE THAT THROUGHOUT THEIR 4 YEARS OF COLLEGE. >> TO MAKE STUDENTS COMPETITIVE IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS. THE GUADALUPE CENTER PROVIDES 4 YEARS OF CUSTOMIZED COLLEGE COUNSELING TO THAT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. EQUALLY IMPORTANT. THE PROGRAM'S SEEK TO ENCOURAGE THEM BY INVITING GUEST SPEAKERS WHO COME TO OFFER ADVICE AND INSPIRATION. ACCORDING TO CEO AND PRESIDENT OF THE GUADALUPE CENTERED ON LOT. CAL VO, THESE SPEAKERS ARE HAND-PICKED FOR THEIR UNIQUE EXPERIENCES. >> LEADERS THAT AND THAT REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY AND THEM IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO BRING IN SO THEY CAN SEE HOW PEOPLE HAVE ACHIEVED THEIR GOALS AND DREAMS. ONE SUCH SPEAKER WAS CAMERON CONDTIONS. >> WHO GREW UP IN MIAMI AND NOW IS THE NFL SAFETY FOR THE LAS ANGELES RAMS KITCHEN SAYS HIS FOOTBALL CAREER HAS LED HIM TO BETTER MANAGE AND STRUCTURE TIME. A SKILL THAT IS ALSO IMPORTANT AS THE STUDENTS BEGIN THEIR COLLEGE STUDIES. >> THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I LEARNED, YOU KNOW, FROM COLLEGE TO HIGH SCHOOL. YOU ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO DO. YOU ALWAYS SOMEWHERE TO BEING A STUFF LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY IN COLLEGE. WHEN YOU CAN SIT AND THE LIKE YOU SIT OUTSIDE OF THE SEASON WITH OFFSEASON TIME. YOU HAVE SO MUCH TIME. YOU KNOW, YOU COULD PROBABLY WORK OUT FOR 2 OR 3 HOURS A DAY, BUT YOU'VE GOT SO MUCH MORE TIME. AND I THINK THAT WAS. WHEN I KIND OF GOT TO THAT, LOU. >> ONE THEME OF THE GUADALUPE CENTER PROGRAMS IS ABOUT MAKING PREPARATIONS. JULIA AUGUSTINE SOON TO BE A SENIOR AT IMMOKALEE HIGH SCHOOL. >> IS COLLEGE FOUND? THIS IS WHEN I HAD GONE ON A SPRING BREAK SHIP WITH THE GUADALUPE AND WE VISITED A LOT OF LIKE UNIVERSITIES ON THROWS OF HIS FLORIDA. SHE IS THANKFUL FOR THE COLLEGE CAMPUS TOURS OFFERED BY THE CENTER. >> GET A FIELD DAY AROUND THE UNIVERSITY. SEE HIM LIKE THAT. UNIVERSITY IS THE ONE FOR YOU AND YOU'RE NOT GIVING US TIPS AND TRICKS TO MAKE WHAT WE CAN DO THROUGHOUT OUR SENIOR YEAR SO WE CAN APPLY. >> THE PREPARATION EXTENDS BEYOND COLLEGE BECAUSE THE GUADALUPE CENTER ALSO PROVIDES PERSONALIZED MENTORSHIPS WITH PROFESSIONALS CAN CHECK INSIGHTS INTO THE WORKFORCE. JOZY MENDIOLA. BONITA SPRINGS IS JULIUS MENTOR. >> I FOUND FOR A LOT OF CHALLENGES THROUGHOUT MY LIFE AND THEIR WORK OR THEIR THAT ALLOW THE TO DO TO THEM. AND I SAW DIFFERENT THINGS THROUGH THEIR PERSPECTIVES. AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. AND WHEN JULIA HEADS OFF TO COLLEGE NEXT YEAR. >> HER NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE WALL OF HONOR. >> AND EVERY TIRE, ONE OF OUR STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE, HE THEY COME UP ON THE WALL WHEN THE FRIGHT AS THEIR NAME IN THE YEAR THEY GRADUATE. >> BACK SHOWS THE UNIVERSITY IF THEY GO AFTER TRUMP. >> THE MCCULLY IS NOT A PLACE OF GREAT FINANCIAL MEANS BUT IT IS A COMMUNITY THAT IS TERMINATING YOUTH WHOSE FUTURES ARE NOT DETERMINED BY THE SURROUNDING FARMLAND. THE SOLID FOUNDATION OF ITS YOUTH AND THE DEDICATION OF DONORS HELP NEW ARRESTEES, YOUNG SAPLINGS OF GRADUATES. FREMONT COUNTY. THE STUDENTS ARE THE SOURCE OF ECONOMIC HOPE AND MOBILITY WGCU NEWS. I'M YOUN JOO PARK.