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As the great Serena Williams once said, "We have to be thankful, and we also have to be positive so the next Black person can be number 1 on that list...

11 February, 2021

On January 15th, 2021, the Afterschool Program at the NFL YET Center hosted a day to honor the Civil Rights hero Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. There were 35 children in attendance, and each one sat in excitement as they learned about Dr. King's work...

16 January, 2021

THANK YOU to all who donated to the Gwen Cherry Park Foundation during "Give Miami Day" 2016. Your generosity helps us to continue to provide a SAFE HAVEN for young inner city kids to learn, to play and to succeed in life - while being surrounded with positive...

21 November, 2016

Please consider making a donation to the Gwen Cherry Park Foundation today, during the 2016 Give Miami Day.  Only gifts made during this 24-hour online giving period, beginning on 12:00 a.m. on November 17, 2018 and ending at 12:00 a.m. on November 18, 2016, are considered eligible...

17 November, 2016

[caption id="attachment_1268" align="aligncenter" width="250"] https://givemiamiday.org/npo/gwen-cherry-park-foundation[/caption] Only gifts made on givemiamiday.org, during the 24-hour online giving period beginning on 12:00 a.m. on November 17, 2018 and ending at 12:00 a.m. on November 18, 2016, are considered eligible gifts, so please mark the day on your calendar.  Depending on...

01 November, 2016

[caption id="attachment_1260" align="alignnone" width="300"] Giving to the NFL Youth Education Town (NFL YET) at Gwen Cherry Park[/caption] The Gwen Cherry Park Foundation was profiled in the October 31, 2016 Miami Herald. In the article, written by Dr. Dorothy Jenkins Fields, Gwen Cherry Park Foundation Chairman H.T....

31 October, 2016

[caption id="attachment_1255" align="aligncenter" width="300"] New Trees Planted at Gwen Cherry Park[/caption] As a result of a $25,000 dollar grant given to the Parks Foundation from the UPS Foundation, the Gwen Cherry Park has 50 new trees planted.  Volunteers from UPS helped plant the trees on October...

29 October, 2016

The Gwen Cherry Park was selected as one of the parks to be considered for the National Recreation and Parks Association grant.  If the Gwen Cherry Park is selected, the funds would be used to to develop and plant a community garden and construct planter beds,...

26 April, 2016