Meet Fanny P., a new U.S. Citizen.

Fanny P. is another one of our citizenship students who became a U.S. Citizen in June 2018.Congratulations, Fanny!

Aida A. is a proud U.S. citizen.

Aida A. recently became a U.S. Citizen at the graduation ceremony sponsored by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. She is one of several Project Light students who took citizenship preparation classes, passed the USCIS Naturalization Exam, and became proud citizens at the USCIS swearing-in ceremony June 2018.  Congrats Aida.

MLK Day 2018 of Service at Project Light

Facelift - Outside and Inside

Project Light applied for and received a grant for Martin Luther King Day of Service 2018 from the State College of Florida.  The project included painting trim and doors inside, walls and mural outside, cleaning and  striping the parking lot.  It was an ambitious project and also a great success.  Forty volunteers from churches, RPCV‘s, board members, teachers and students worked 450 hours to do all the work. The 5 artists from Manatee Unitarian Universalist Fellowship repainted the mural with the same theme as the original mural painted in 2001 by Barbara Elliot.  St. Frances and the Animals of Florida now features a sea turtle, manatee, and dolphin in addition to the original mural’s alligator, panther, and many birds.  Teachers, students and the community of Bradenton are all happy about the beautification of our building and grounds.

Illustrator Roger Cook

Roger painted the alligator and panther.

Facelift to parking area and north wall mural

Volunteers made our parking lot safer and more attractive.

Students, teachers, & Board members

Many people helped out during the MLK Day of Service 2018.

MLK Awards Banquet

Five volunteer workers represented all the volunteers at the Martin Luther King Day of Service Banquet in March 2018 to receive a certificate for our Day of Service Project. Chris, Randy, A.J., Amador, and Samantha accepted the certificate.