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MARATHON, FL - SEPTEMBER 17: Hurricane victims accept relief items such as water, food, clothes and animal food that were gathered by Gorilla Restoration and Gil Sosa design over-night and delivered to those in need after hurricane Irma passed through the area on September 17, 2017 in Marathon, Florida. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has reported that 25-percent of all homes in the Florida Keys were destroyed and 65-percent sustained major damage when they took a direct hit from Hurricane Irma. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Naples teen donates more than $1,000 to end poverty in Immokalee

Author Joe Winner

For those of you who don’t remember, Hurricane Irma did quite a bit of damage here last fall.  Immokalee was especially hard hit.  I personally spent a lot of time in Immokalee after the hurricane helping the Red Cross distribute badly needed items to people who had lost it all.  I was at the high school when Papa Johns brought in a semi and made pizzas for everyone.  And I’ll be in Immokalee this fall handing out backpacks and school supplies because that’s what

I do.  So when I see someone doing something like this I HAVE to share.

Aubrey Garcia, a junior at Golden Gate High School came up with the idea of selling advertising on her prom dress.  She raised $1,550 from 8 local companies and wore their logos on her prom dress. She donated the money to the Guadalupe Center in Immokalee, whose mission is to help children break through the cycle of poverty in Immokalee. They used the money to buy a new laptop for a recent graduate of IHS heading off to college.  THIS. This is an amazing story.

Aubrey Garcia You Are Amazing.

Joe Winner spends his days combing through memes and off beat stories to bring you the side of Florida not always seen.

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