Itech Holds Unified Champions Banquet
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BULLETIN Serving Immokalee, Ave Maria and Eastern Collier County Vol. 51 No. 24 Thursday, June 14, 2018 TIF students receive expert support at event NAPLES - A recent networking recep- ing; at the networking event, he connect- tion introduced students in The Immokalee ed with representatives from Arthrex, who Foundation’s programs to more than 20 talked with him about educational require- Southwest Florida professionals from a va- ments and showed him various prostheses riety of career fields. The event, held in the manufactured by the company. offices of the Community Foundation of “They demonstrated how the prostheses Collier County, also gave students practical work, described them and how they were Courtesy photo/Fred N Thomas, Jr experience in meeting, greeting and con- useful to people of various ages,” Vasquez A large number of the community sponsors and parents in attendance at the versing in a business environment. said. “It interested me knowing that’s one event. See more photos on page 4. Thirty Immokalee High School students way to help a person.” participated, along with professionals from Meeting successful local adults helps The Collier ACI Worldwide, Arthrex, Barron Immokalee Foundation students learn how Collier Cos., BMO Private Wealth Bank, to interact among professionals, such as Dr. iTech holds Unified Collier County Medical Society, FineMark Massoud Eghrari, a local surgeon who sup- Bank, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida ports the foundation. Eghrari believes that, Highway Patrol, Patrick Neale & Associates, quite often, students’ exposure to profes- Paychex, PK Studios, Poz-Art, Pulte Homes, sionals is mainly limited to their teachers. Score Naples and Smart Marketing. Audra DiNanno, The Immokalee Foun- Champions Banquet Luis Vasquez, an Immokalee High School dation’s development coordinator, said, sophomore and a Take Stock in Children “These business receptions not only help By Fred N Thomas, Jr pics Bowling 2017 - Rigo Martinez, Lheiha student, attended the reception. “The foun- our students learn etiquette, networking Special to the Immokalee Bulletin Plantin, Jackie Sanchez, Jenny Francois, Mi- dation gathered respected people in their and socializing skills, but it’s also a way to On May 29, iTech hosted the Immoka- chael Temaji, Albert Bonilla, Andres Domin- professions, and we were able to talk with meet working professionals in their poten- lee High School FHSAA Unified Champions go-Pedro and Lovinsky Cantava. them one-on-one for several minutes,” he tial fields of interest.” 2018 Awards Banquet, under the leadership • Immokalee High School State Bowling said. Vasquez also attended a career panel Brett VanderHeyden of the Pulte Group of David McKenzie , Director of Collier Coun- Champions - Marisol Garcia Erica Obregon, the foundation previously organized, which ty Olympics, Ms. Kelly Stevenson and Ron Fabian Calixto, Sam Fuller, Albert Hernan- piqued his interest in biomedical engineer- See Event — Page 2 Mosher. dez, Juana Gaspar, Marisol Garcia, Alejandro The opening statement was given by Ron Ramirez, Hiram Delgado, Marisela Chaparro Mosher of the Immokalee Kiwanis Cluband and Sam Gonzalez. the invocation by Pastor Terry Mallory of the • Immokalee High School State Track First Baptist Church of Immokalee & Field Champions 2018 - Nery Cifuentes,- Kelly Stevenson was the presenter of Johnathon Vinton, Johnny Garza and Jenny medals and awards. Jean Francois. • Immokalee High School Tennis Cham- Awards, Medals and Trophies pion 2018 - Katrina Jackson and Marisol were given To: Garci • Most Inspirational Athlete 2017-18 - Ka- • Immokalee High School FHSAA trina Jackson and Fabian Calixto. Awards - Michael Temaj, Alberto Bonilla, • Most Improved Athlete 2017-18 - Thel- Thelson Smith, Lovinksy Cantave, Andres son Smith. Domingo-Pedro, Alejandro Hernandez, Sam Gonzalez, Fabian Calixto, Albert Ramirez, • Most Valuable- Lovinsky Cantave Billy Jules and Katrina Jackson. Kelly Stevenson was voted as “North • Immokalee High School State Pentha- America Championship Instructor” of the lon Champion 2018 - Thelson Smith, Lovin- year! sky Cantave, Alberto Bonilla, Karina Jack- Kelly would like to thank the following son, Billy Jules, Nery Cifuentes, Kiko Diego, sponsors for their support of the Special Julio Loya and Johnathon Vinton. Olympics. Lipman’s Family Farms - Cham- • Immokalee High School Unified Flag pionship rings for the teams. One by One Football State Champions 2017 - Alberto Bo- Leadership - Trophy Awards and Medals. nilla, Lovinsky Cantave, Michael Temaj, An- The Immokalee Kiwanis Club under the dres Domingo- Pedro, Fabian Calixto, Sam leadership of Ron Mosher. Courtesy photo Gonzalez and Thelson Smith. Let’s give the Immokalee High School Lieutenant Gregory S. Bueno (Florida Highway Patrol) with Jacqueline Perez • Immokalee High School Special Olym- Special Olympics a Big Hooray! and Leann Campbell. 2 Immokalee Bulletin June 14, 2018 away at how advanced and extremely en- Southwest Florida,” he said. Event gaging the students were. Many had already The Immokalee Foundation provides a BULLETIN figured out their career paths. Many already range of education programs that focus on Serving Immokalee, Ave Maria and Eastern Collier County Continued From Page 1 had been accepted to a university or knew building pathways to success through sup- To Reach Us where they wanted to go. A lot of them were port, mentoring and tutoring, and life skills was one of the professionals who partici- Mailing Address: P.O. Box 518 in dual enrollment, going to college at the development leading to economic indepen- LaBelle, FL 33975 pated, along with his wife, Carla, a financial same time as high school.” dence. To learn more about The Immokalee Physical Address: 22 Ft. Thompson Ave. analyst for Collier ACI Worldwide. 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