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Camillus House thanks the Miami Dolphins for taking our CHEER kids on a pirate adventure! The CHEER program is targeted at enhancing the educational, creative, physical fitness and life skills needs of the children in Camillus House’s transitional and permanent housing programs. The children were chosen based on good grades in school. The CHEER more»

Bank of America Charitable Foundation has donated $25,000 to Camillus House to help provide food for its clients and guests. This generous gift will help to feed approximately 16,600 persons. Camillus House provides more than 350,000 free meals each year to persons who are poor and homeless in Miami Dade County. As a loyal supporter, Bank of America has more»

Linda Gassenheimer, host of WLRN's Topical Current's Food News & Views segment on Thursdays, will participate with five other food journalists in the Foodies Show Heart contest at RA Sushi in South Miami. Be sure to help Camillus House by voting for Linda's sushi recipe. Click here and click “Like” under the paragraph about Linda’s more»

The Miami Hilton Downtown played host to one of Miami’s most distinguished charities, Camillus House, for a spectacular gala themed “Guayaberas and Good Times.” The sold-out event December 8, 2012 was one of the most successful fundraisers in the history of Camillus House, raising over $1.8 million for persons who are poor and homeless in more»

Wells Fargo & Company has donated $1.15 million shared across four Miami-based nonprofits to help further the local recovery of neighborhoods deeply affected by the housing crisis. The grants are part of more than $3.5 million in funds to help local housing initiatives in Florida committed through Wells Fargo's NeighborhoodLIFT(SM) program. The local more»

Camillus House celebrated its first Thanksgiving Day feast at the new Norwegian Cruise Line Campus in Miami's health district. More than 100 volunteers helped to serve a traditional Thanksgiving meal to more than 600 of our residential and day center clients, which include both individuals and families. “We were so proud to have the capabilities to more»

On November 15, 2012, the Miami-Dade community observed Homeless Awareness Day, designed to create unity among providers, community, families, businesses and students to educate, unify and inspire change. It was a time to reflect on the goal of ending homelessness and examine how, as one community, we can impact families and individuals experiencing more»

Our special thanks to the law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP, which organized a special Thanksgiving Food Drive for Camillus House. Over 20 boxes of food, with an estimated retail value of $1,400, were collected along with cash donations totaling some $5,000. Camillus House board member Mark Bloom, a Greenberg Traurig partner and Co-Chair of the firm's more»