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The Miami Beach Police Athletic League ... Founded in 1958, the Miami Beach Police Athletic League (oldest PAL in Florida) has an impressive track record as a community crime prevention program. Under the leadership of a full-time police officer as Executive Director, and with vital assistance from a volunteer board made up of citizens and local law enforcement officers, PAL offers the youth and the community an array of recreational, athletic and educational activities. Programs are designed to foster positive relationships between youth, law enforcement, and the community cultivating concerned community leaders. For over 50 years, thousands of youth (ages six to twenty-one) have been involved with PAL programs. Many former PAL participants have become accountants, attorneys, doctors, educators, fire fighters, police officers, and professional athletes, just to name a few. It takes a village to raise a child. PAL liaisons and/or partners with more than 32 organizations, including: • Miami Beach Police Department • Miami Beach Fraternal Order of Police • Miami Beach Fire Fighters • Miami Beach Police Retirees • Miami Beach Parks and Recreation

Department • Miami-Dade County Public Schools • North Bay Village Police Department • Girts Scouts of America • Boy Scouts of America • Florida Association of Police Explorers

(FAPE) • Nautilus Middle School • Miami Beach Senior High School • South Point Elementary School • Biscayne Elementary School • North Beach Elementary School • Feinberg Fisher K-8 School • Scott Rakow Youth Center • N.O.B.L.E

• Miami-Dade County Public/ Community Schools (Adult and Youth Programming)

• National Police Athletic League (National PAL)

• Miami Dade and Monroe Counties Police Athletic Leagues (PALs)

• Beach Towing • Mango's Tropical Café • S.E.E.K Foundation, Inc • The On It Foundation • K-Sports • Florida Marlins • Miami Heat • Miami Dolphins • Learning for Life: Boy Scouts of America

including Police Explorers • The Village • Normandy Gym • The Forge

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PAL is very involved with our schools, sponsoring many special educational events such as:

• Another Chance Program (focused on dropout prevention and at-risk Middle school Students) • Kindergarten Cop Program (including sponsored trips and fun activity days) • Going the Extra Mile • Safety Patrol program in local schools • Thanksgiving Parade with Nautilus Middle School (band performs for family, command staff and

elected officials) • Teen Voice (subprogram to discuss gun safety and common difficulties within high schools) • Unity Bike Ride (focused on Anti-Bullying Campaigns for at-risk Middle School students)

Youth Director's Council (YDC)

• Kids between the ages of 11 and 18 years old • Pledge to be tobacco, alcohol and drug free-to participate • Volunteer over 3,000 hours of community service annually • Many YDC kids participate in the CIT Summer Work Program • Participate in PAL annual fundraisers and other PAL programs • Attend bi-weekly meetings where they learn leadership skills, doing the right thing, self-esteem

and further education o Guest speakers from the Police Department, other non-profits and local businesses

• Attend state and national leadership and mentoring conferences • Participate in community service events such as:

o Beach Clean Up and Coastal Clean-up Events

o Book Bag Stuffing and Giveaway

o Youth Music Festival o Pet Adoption o Get Hip & Fit Fair

o FACT Festival (North Miami PD)

o Thanksgiving Basket Giveaway o Police Department's Toy

Giveaway o Special Olympics

Boxing • Kids between the ages of 14-18 years • Anti-Bully Zone • Free tutoring with teacher offered to help students with academics • Positive youth development activities and reinforce the concepts of discipline, leadership,

teamwork, and sportsmanship • Year-round boxing training, to prepare for sparing and competitions • Fitness and nutrition classes, fostering competitiveness and a sense of achievement • Participate in community service events such as:

o Beach Clean Up and Coastal Clean-up Events

o Book Bag Stuffing and Giveaway o Thanksgiving Basket Giveaway

o Get Hip & Fit Fair o Police Department's Toy

Giveaway o Special Olympics

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Police Explorers • Kids between the ages of 14-18 years • Police Explorers volunteered over 3,000 community service hours annually • Many Police Explorers participated in PAL/ Recreation Department Summer Program • Assist with the Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive and Giveaway • Sponsored Police Explorers training and competition at state and local levels - win many state

and national awards each year • Participate in numerous fundraisers for PAL and PAL programs • Collect canned goods for PAL's Thanksgiving Basket Giveaway • Assist the Police Department's Toy Giveaway • Assist in many events dealing with public safety such as marathons, art festivals and city

functions such as: o 5K Marathon o Triathlon Marathon o MADD event o Memorial Day Weekend o Book bag Giveaway

o Beach Clean-ups o Gang Prevention o Chief's Association Meeting o Veterans Day parade

• Attend numerous training sessions in topics such as: o CPR o Bicycle

o Drill o Youth Crime Scene Training

• Hold numerous fundraisers: o Bake Sales o Car Washes

Kindergarten Cops

• 20-25 Kindergarten classes yearly hosted at Biscayne Elementary, South Pointe Elementary, Fienberg Fisher K-8, & North Beach Elementary

• A Police Officer from the Miami Beach Police Department adopts a Kindergarten class • Encourages a positive relationship between the school and the police department as well as

students and cops • Annual end of the year Cop Fair which includes food, concessions and bounce houses • Once a month the cop meets with their adoptive class to discuss certain topics as such:

o Safety o Stranger Danger o Law and Government o Sense of Community o Respect

o Kindness and fairness o Integrity and honesty o Self- esteem and confidence o Importance of family and friends o Education

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Lacrosse • Young men ages 8-16 • Focused on the development of fundamental lacrosse • Discuss life skills, sportsmanship, and teamwork

Youth Football

• Miami-Dade Xtreme Youth Football League • Young men ages 5-8 • Provide youths an opportunity to play football in a supervised, organized, and safe environment • Promoting the ideals of sportsmanship, scholarship and physical fitness • Coaches serve as role models to our youth as reflected by their decisions and actions, and to

work to build the athletes self-esteem and moral foundation so that they can confidently pursue and achieve their academic, athletic, and life goals.

Boys and Girl Scouts • Cub Scouts: 1st Grade to 5th Grade • Boy & Girl Scouts: 6th Grade to 12th Grade • This program helps the needs of young people growing up in our society through mentoring,

lifelong learning, faith, tradition, serving others, healthy living, and building character • Attend multiple camping trips throughout the year

Summer Work Program- Counselor-in-Training (CIT’s)

• Kids between the ages of 14-18 years • Each summer, in partnership with Parks & Recreation Department, PAL provides the youth with

paid employment and volunteer hours • CIT’s volunteered over 1000 community service hours on top of working in 2017 • Attend workshops on

o Job readiness o Interview Etiquette o Proper job behavior o Career choice advice and

educational guidance

o Financial literacy o Resume/cover letter writing

• Connections for future career opportunities with the City of Miami Beach • CIT’s participate with Backpack Stuffing and Giveaway and Get Hip and Fit Fair

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Adult Programing

• Partnered with Miami Beach Adult and Community School • Adult basic education classes • ESOL Program

• GED • Host Community Meetings

PAL assists in many community events such as:

• End of Year Awards at Nautilus Middle School with trophies and awards

• Assist with Veterans Day Parade • Annual Back to School Fair, distributing

over 500 book bags filled with new school supplies to underprivileged children

• Bicycle giveaways complete with helmets and locks

• Thanksgiving Basket Giveaway (over 500 baskets)

• Sponsored pizza parties for local schools

• Sponsored safety patrol programs • Assisted with Take Your Kid to Work

Day for the City of Miami Beach • Baynaza Park Cleanup

PAL is non-profit 501c3 corporation and applies for Grants and Fundraisers to raise funds for its programs.