Barry University's College Reach-Out Program (C.R.O.P.) students are accomplishing great things in the community. This past spring, two C.R.O.P. students, Daniel Arana and Kyara Arana of Miami Beach Senior High, were highlighted at a luncheon held at the Loews Hotel-Miami Beach for their work in the Neighbor-Good Program.
The Grocery Program is a service-learning project to develop leadership, self-worth through meaningful contribution, citizenship, and teamwork. It was in conjunction with the City of Miami Beach, St. Patrick’s Church, Helping Hands Ko-Op and Teen Job Corps.
Both students have been active participants in Barry’s C.R.O.P. since 2014 through engaging in various community service and college-readiness events. C.R.O.P. is a grant-funded program from the Florida Department of Education aimed to motivate and prepare educationally disadvantaged, low-income students in grades 6 through 12 to pursue and successfully complete a college education.
Since 1999, Barry University’s ADSOE- Department of Counseling is the only program of its kind in the state of Florida to provide counseling services to C.R.O.P. students and their families along with tutoring, mentoring, college symposiums, and summer residential programs.