Carlene Thissen
Amigos Center
Amigos Center's mission is to provide the tools for success, primarily to immigrants of Southwest Florida and their families,to improve their quality of life.
Immokalee Chamber of Commerce
Immokalee's Field's of Hope
Broadjam
Unleash Your Music
Immokalee's Fields of Hope
Fields of Hope Website
Click this link to go to a site that shows excerpts plus photos from Immokalee's Fields of Hope.
RCMA - Redlands Christian Migrant Association
One of my favorite organizations, RCMA provides quality child care and early education for children of migrant farm workers and rural, low-income families throughout Florida.
Hope for Haiti
Naples-based non-profit charitable organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life for the Haitian people, particularly children, through education, nutrition, and healthcare.
Guadalupe Center
The organization that introduced me to Immokalee, Guadalupe Center is a social and human service organization whose mission is to serve the economically disadvantaged of Immokalee with interim help and long-term programs that promote self-sufficiency, opportunity, and community stability.
Guadalupe Social Services/Catholic Charities
Guadalupe Social Services, a division of Catholic Charities, provides direct assistance to the poor of Immokalee via: financial aid for emergencies; immigration and naturalization services; bags of food for those in need; School on Wheels with volunteers going to homebound women to assist in learning English.
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity develops communities for people in need by building and renovating houses. They do great work and always need volunteers!
Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association
Offers information to consumers and growers about food safety and quality, food prices, farm labor issues and governmental affairs.
Shelter for Abused Women & Children
The Shelter's vision is a community without domestic violence so that every home is a safe haven for the family it shelters.
The Shelter's mission is to help adult and child victims and survivors of domestic violence through safety, intervention, and support; to educate the public about domestic violence; and to advocate for social change against domestic violence.