Children’s Harbor Provides Kids in Foster Care with Extra Opportunity on Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
For Broward County students currently in foster care who didn’t have a parent or guardian to accompany them on “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day,” Children’s Harbor hosted the Third Annual Career Day Expo, at which the students had the opportunity to visit with representatives from 40 companies, governmental and armed forces representatives who attended the event.
Organized by Children’s Harbor’s Academic and Life Skills team, the Career Day Expo was instrumental in introducing students to unique opportunities and various career paths. They interacted with business professionals, attended business etiquette networking sessions and learned about what their future could look like in a variety of business and trade positions, nonprofits, local government or the armed forces.
After the Expo, each student selected an industry that most piqued their interest. The Children’s Harbor team then coordinated a hands-on opportunity for them to explore their chosen “career” at the selected Expo exhibitor’s place of business on Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.
“It’s truly a gift to be able to show these young people the kind of promising opportunities available to them,” Children’s Harbor President and CEO Tiffani Dhooge said. “For kids who come from traumatic backgrounds, the need to learn what’s expected of them in the often-intimidating work world is especially important and can positively change the trajectory of their life forever.”
More than 40 exhibitors participated in the Children’s Harbor Career Day, including Just Hip Hop; Memorial Healthcare System; Community Reconstruction Inc., Exterior Cleaning Service; U.S. Navy; Broward County Aviation Department/Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport; Pediatrics Associates; City of Pembroke Pines Fire Department; U.S. Coast Guard; Demo World Entertainment; Resolve Academy; Delta Airlines; Centennial Bank; Barber Bond LLC; Plantation Health and Wellness; Couture Mobile Spa; Palermo Landsman and Ross, P.A.; DEA Miami Field Division; Student Success Project; Financial Acumen; Uniq Catering; Solutions By Maya LLC; Broward Sheriff’s Office; Carreras Law, P.A.; Resolve Marine; Keys 2 Independence; JT Foundation; FLITE; Top Tier Headshots; Women In Aviation; Pembroke Pines Police Department; Southwest Realty; Andvaris Inc.; Vets Help Heal the Heart; Premier Martial Arts & XP League; State Representative Robin Bartleman; Elevating Word Church/Project Impact; West Broward High School; Pembroke Pines Mayor Angelo Castillo; Pembroke Pines Commissioners Jay Schwartz and Maria Rodriguez; Silver Trail Middle School; H.D. Perry Education Center; Kingdom Charitable Trust; DG Inc, Poitier Publishing Co., Ikes Carter Pool Company
