Ranger Good Works is pleased to announce Career City 2019 is now taking RSVP’s for Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Please join Ranger Good Works in bringing the “City of Ft. Lauderdale” to the students of Dillard Elementary. Students will see firsthand what it feels like to take a walk through a safe and inviting city which has been created just for them. Students will learn about various professions and many of our local industries during their walk. They will engage with professionals and have the chance to ask questions in a comfortable environment. They will also step out of Career City with a roadmap to future possibilities.
With your help, we will be able to motivate the youth and show them that through hard work and academic achievement, professional success is an option that can be attained right down the street!
Please participate by sharing your success story and representing your industry, field of work or organization.
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On December 7, 2018, Ranger Good Works and Ranger Technical Resources, along with 51 volunteers, participated in the International Hour of Code at Dillard Elementary School.
We love it when a technology plan comes together! Our local community joined together, lending many helping hands! Every classroom filled with 24 students was paired with a volunteer who worked with the classroom’s teacher and guided students through the Hour of Code. Our goal was to spark interest in students from Pre-K through 5th grade to learn about computer coding. Knowing the computing field has the largest amount of job openings out of all occupations, we are aiming to encourage our students to be part of the next generation of Technology Professionals. Over 7 million tech job openings exist today. Can you imagine how many jobs will exist in 2023?
We are happy to report that over 850 students successfully completed one of the following coding activities: Code Binary Bracelets Activity, Code Crazy Creatures, Sparks Academy, Make a Flappy Game, Code Combat: Escape the Dungeon, Star Wars: Building a Galaxy with code and code.org dance party.
Computer Science Education Week – Hour of Code designed by Code.org and several nonprofits has impacted the world by engaging with over 100 million people in over 180 countries to learn the 21st century foundation skills in technology.
We are pleased that Ranger Good Works, in conjunction with its partners, participated in Hour of Code for the 6th year in a row, with our local community touching the children of Dillard Elementary.
Thank you to Principal Atkins Brown, her faculty, and all of the volunteers who participated! #Teamwork! #HourofCode #BrowardCodes #rangergoodworks
Read more about Ranger Good Works and its programs.
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Career City 2018 took place on Wednesday, May 23 2018.
At this event, students experienced firsthand what it felt like to take a walk through a safe and inviting city which had been created just for them for this special day. As they strolled through ‘Career City’, students learned about a wide variety of industries and engaged with professionals from our local businesses and organizations in a fun and inviting environment. After stepping out of Career City, they took the first steps on the roadmap to their future!
IMPORTANT FACTS
98% of Dillard Elementary students walk to school, are from single-parent homes and get their food intake while they are attending school. Most of the Dillard Elementary students have never traveled outside a five-mile radius of their neighborhood. Many of these students also never had the opportunity to walk into a real grocery store, an office supply store, a bank, a flower shop or even a restaurant. Dillard Elementary students are sweet, friendly and well behaved. The students have experienced a lack of exposure, so they want and need a chance to learn and grow.
With your help, we can fill Career City streets with an exciting group of industry professionals. This was the perfect opportunity to inspire the next generation of South Florida’s professionals.
Rangergoodworks.org
Rangertech.com
954-527-0090
805 East Broward Boulevard, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
Save the Date! Friday, February 14th ~ Young At Art Museum ~ 22nd Annual Women of Vision Luncheon ~ Passion Forward!
Honoring Ranger Good Works’ Board Member and our dedicated hands-on Volunteer Diana Morrison at YAA’s Valentines Day Luncheon.
Invitees include Florida’s most dedicated corporate, government and civic leaders. All contribute to Young At Arts’s programs for at-risk youth and families through its Women of Vision Luncheon. Each February Young At Art celebrates the contribution of this dedicated group of women and men with a luncheon honoring a prominent member of our community. Congratulations to Mindy Shrago, Maya Ezratti and the entire YAA team for your continued excellence in Arts Education! We thank you for recognizing the outstanding achievements of our Board Member and amazing community leader Diana Morrison.
Friends, please plan to come to the Luncheon, enjoy delicious food, watch a beautiful fashion show by Angel Sanchez and celebrate Diana Morrison’s great accomplishments in our community!
Contact Young At Art to RSVP.
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Ranger Good Works Presents Hour of Code 2017 – We are preparing for Computer Science Education Week and plan to create a fan-tas-tech event for 2017!
VOLUNTEERS Needed at Dillard Elementary School Friday, December 08, 2017.
If you are a technologist or interested in volunteering your time for this event, click on the Volunteer button and sign up to be a part of this exciting event for the students of Dillard Elementary.
See what you are signing up for. Watch our video. A community partner initiative! Once again, Ranger Technical Resources & Ranger Good Works are recruiting friends and community partners to help educate over 850 students from Dillard Elementary School about the importance of Computer Science in an international coding initiative founded by Code.org. We love it when our kids receive the three T’s….time, talent and treasure. Please join our Hour of Code volunteer team this year. The kids love to see familiar faces. If you can’t join us, tell a friend who you think can. Our communities continued help in making this a great event is much needed and appreciated.
The Hour of Code will take place at Dillard Elementary on Friday, December 08, 2017.
Responsibilities include: Participate in one conference call prior to the Hour of Code for Dillard Elementary.
Show up on site 30 minutes prior to the Hour of Code initiative
Participate in classrooms with instruction or help in the classrooms
Work with our coordinators and the teachers from Dillard Elementary to create a successful event.
YOU do not need to be a programmer to volunteer. You only need to be able to read and speak to the children.
Programmers who volunteer will be assigned to the classrooms where the students are more advanced with coding.
Schedule:
Hour of Code
Schedule
9:00AM
Volunteers arrive and meet
9:30AM
Go to designated locations – Ready Hour of Code
9:30AM– 10:30AM
Start Hour of Code in the classrooms
10:35AM
Wrap up
10:45AM
Volunteers depart
This experience will continue to fill the students’ treasure chest full of great life experiences. In 2013 we first partnered with Code.org for the Official Hour of Code, a Global Computer Science Education Week initiative to encourage youth to learn basic coding.
“The Hour of Code is a global movement introducing tens of millions of
students worldwide to computer science, inspiring kids to learn more,
breaking stereotypes, and leaving them feeling empowered.
What is the Hour of Code?
A one-hour introduction to computer science.
The Hour of Code began as a one-hour
coding challenge to give students a fun first
introduction to computer science and has
become a global learning event, celebration,
and awareness event.
An annual global event. The Hour of Code
takes place every year during Computer Science Education Week, the first week in
December. With a huge groundswell of support
and attention, it’s an ideal time for schools
and districts to put the spotlight on computer
science programs and expand opportunities.” Code.org
Today, over 100 million students around the world have participated in this initiative. As a technology solutions company Ranger Technical Resources continues to contribute by sending mentors to local schools.
We are happy to say that since 2014 we expanded to include the entire elementary school. Over eight hundred students from Dillard Elementary participated in a Computer Science related activity. As you can see the number of students we are encouraging has increased due to our community’s involvement.
In 2017 we will have close to 1000 students enrolled at Dillard Elementary School. We need all of the helping hands we can to keep up the great momentum. Please join our volunteer team for the Hour of Code on Friday, December 8th.Click here to sign up. Thank you for your continued support! Volunteer today!
Join Ranger Good Works as we take on Dillard Elementary School’s reading initiative in Superhero Style.
For the 5th year in a row, Ranger Good Works will support the “Build Your Home Library” initiative at Dillard Elementary School. Please join our team as we continue to work at bridging the Literacy Gap in the Dillard community.
Enjoy a Comic Book Style Superhero themed evening where our students are the main guests and share unforgettable moments. During the event, volunteers and teachers will give away almost 1,000 books to children and their families.
WE ARE HOPING TO INSPIRE, ENTERTAIN AND ENGAGE WITH OUR LOCAL ELEMENTARY YOUTH IN 33311 – IMAGINATION GOES A LONG WAY!!!!
– BAM!!!! POW!!!! KABOOM!!!! KAPOW!!!! TO THOSE THAT DON’T READ!!!! –
If you would like to volunteer to help during Literacy Night, please click here.
When: Thursday, October 26, 2017
The event will start (for our Superhero volunteers) at 6:30 pm sharp and last until approximately 7:30 pm
Where: Dillard Elementary School
Attire: Costume – Your Choice…. WonderWoman, BatMan, Robin, Spiderman, Aquaman, Captain America, Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers….
(Please call the office to confirm which costumes have already been chosen and to get ideas.)
Donations: Ranger Good Works is accepting donations including books, new or gently used through October 25.
Items may be dropped off at:
Ranger Technical Resources
805 East Broward Boulevard
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
954-527-0090
To order books: #StartWithaSmile at amazon.com/ch/47-1869003to stock up for Halloween and Amazon donates to Ranger Good Works Inc.
Help your child build Literacy Skills by visiting our partner: Vocabularycity.com
Visit our Photo Gallery see photos of RGW’s events including last year’s Literacy Night
*Questions regarding this Literacy event or other programs offered by Ranger Good Works please email elle@rangergoodworks.org.
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73 companies and 219 volunteers and community partners showed up to teach students about their industry at Career City 2017.
Ranger Good Works, Dillard Elementary teachers, staff, students and I would like to personally give our attending companies and volunteers a ‘heartfelt thanks’ for the support they gave to Career City 2017 to help make it a HUGE success!
Our volunteers and participating companies shared their time and talent with our children, improving their lives by helping build their hopes and dreams for their future. They showed compassion, generosity, and were aware of the deep need to share their skills and knowledge with their students. This year’s Career City was our first “all grades inclusive” attempt at Career City, and it went just like it did last year. Outstanding!
To quote Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve…. You don’t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. “
Without our many Ft. Lauderdale companies and volunteers, Career City wouldn’t have the success it does.
Dillard Elementary Students Love the University of Miami – Local Heros!!!
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Please join Ranger Good Works in bringing the “city of Ft. Lauderdale” to the students of Dillard Elementary. Students will see firsthand what it feels like to take a walk through a safe and inviting city which has been created just for them. Students will learn about various professions and many of our local industries during their walk. They will engage with professionals and have the chance to ask questions in a comfortable environment. They will also step out of Career City with a road map to future possibilities.
With your help we will be able to motivate the youth and show them that through hard work and academic achievement, professional success is an option that can be attained right down the street!
Please participate by sharing your success story and representing your industry, field of work or organization.
{IMPORTANT FACTS }
98% of the students walk to school, are from single parent homes and get their food intake while they are attending school.
Most of the Dillard Elementary students have never traveled outside of a five-mile radius.
Many of the students have never had the opportunity to walk into a real grocery store, an office supply store, a bank, a flower shop or even a restaurant.
The students are sweet, friendly and well behaved. The students have a lack of exposure, they want and need a chance to learn and grow.
Please join us!
Wednesday, May 17, 2017 ~ 7:30am – 12:00pm
email: elle@rangergoodworks.org or CLICK HERE to sign up and start the registration process.
Questions? Call 954-527-0090 to speak with a Ranger Good Works volunteer.
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For the 4th year in a row, Ranger Good Works had an outstanding team show up to volunteer with us for Computer Science Education Week and the CODE.ORG Hour of Code initiative held at Dillard Elementary School.
Over 800 K-5 students participated in both “Unplugged” (paper activities and commanding people to move like robots) and computer “Plugged” coding programs on their tech devices. Even after the sounding of the bell to end their session, the students and volunteers didn’t want to stop. One eager and talented coder stated, “I have been waiting all year for The Hour of Code and was dreaming about this day since we did it last year!” Volunteers walked out of the session proudly wearing a #BrowardCodes sticker to show their participation in a wonderfully productive and fulfilling coding event.
Thank you to everyone who supports Ranger Good Works in our effort to give the students at Dillard Elementary the 3 T’s – Time Talent Treasure!
Our Partners included Dillard Elementary Staff, Ranger Technical Resources, Van Dutch, Vocabulary/Spelling City, Wells Fargo, Safety Guys, Broward County Clerk of Courts, Giant Titan, Yachting Today, Casbah Spa and several others amazing volunteers.
Photos from the Hour of Code.
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Ranger Good Works hosted the Love to Givefundraiser kick-off on November 15th in partnership with Neiman Marcus at The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale.
More than 150 attendees came out for the affair, which marked the start of a month-long fundraising initiative presented by Ranger Good Works in partnership with Neiman Marcus Fort Lauderdale. From November 15th through December 24, 2016, ten percent of all sales generated by the retailer’s exclusive Love to Give collection benefited Ranger Good Works in support of funding youth arts education and programs at Dillard Elementary School in Fort Lauderdale.
Guests of the event were treated to an exclusive preview of the luxury items featured in this year’s Neiman Marcus Love to Give collection, in addition to outstanding performances by the Dillard Drum Line, Dance Academy, and Choir. Attendees were also able to peruse an array of unique self-portraits of the students on display, created in collaboration with artists at the Young At Art Museum (YAA) who volunteered their time and expertise to work hand-in-hand with the students on the project.
Visit our photo gallery to see photos from the evening.
See more about The Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation and why Ranger Good Works Partners with them: Neiman Marcus Love to Give Collection 2016 Video
#LoveToGive #Neiman Marcus #RangerGoodWorks #YoungAtArt
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