About Milagro Center
Our Mission
Milagro Center’s mission is to give underserved children the opportunity to succeed. We accomplish this through after-school and summer camp programs that offer a mix of academic support, art, music instruction, mentoring, and living values lessons in a family-like, supportive environment. Our students build a strong sense of self-worth and academic skills that set them on a path to a productive future.
Our Vision
To be a center of creative cultural collaboration, engaging education and inspiration that dissolves social barriers, forms lasting connections and sets the stage for future success.
Our History
Milagro Center was founded in 1997 by several local visionary leaders motivated by the desire for community service centered on providing arts experiences to the economically-challenged neighborhood children. Milagro, which means “miracle” in Spanish, motivates children and youth to “reach for the stars” while being confronted by the many adverse influences they face in the community. Milagro Center’s uniquely integrated programs have grown over the decades to focus on empowering these at-risk youth and their families to succeed, both in school and in life, having a resounding positive influence on our local Delray Beach community.
Milagro Center carries out its mission by providing afterschool, summer camp, out-of-school time, and ARTreach programs to underserved and academically-at risk children, youth, and teens in grades K-12 living in south Palm Beach County, Florida. Its STARS (grades K-5), Junior Teen Leadership (grades 6-8) and Teen Leadership (grades 6-12) programs center around four inter-related diverse and socially inclusive program components:
- Academic instruction, tutoring, and reading intervention;
- Cultural Arts enrichment (including art, musical instrument instruction, dance, digital technology, dramatic arts, voice);
- The United Nations-endorsed Living Values Education curriculum;
- Mentoring
This unique, innovative, and effective model allows Milagro’s children and teens to develop new skills, build self-esteem, and thrive socially and academically. Milagro Center truly changes the course of these deserving children’s lives from repeating the recurring cycle of poverty to becoming self-sufficient and productive members of our community. Additionally, The BLUEPRINT Gallery, a professional art gallery housed at Milagro Center, provides ARTreach programs to over 450 children, teens and adults each year. The BLUEPRINT Gallery hosts numerous exhibits a year showcasing the many talents of artists in south Florida. A variety of programming is offered and can be designed based on an organization’s needs.
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Board Members
Our Talented and Professional Staff
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Barbara J. Stark, M.A.
President & CEO
BStark@milagrocenter.org
Gina Harding, PHR, SHRM-CP
Executive Vice President HR & Operations
GHarding@milagrocenter.org
Dawn Anderson
Grants Manager
DAnderson@milagrocenter.org
Therby Cheremond
Musical Instrument Instructor
tcheremond@milagrocenter.org
Stephanie David
Milagro Center Alumni Association Program Coordinator
SDavid@milagrocenter.org
Laura Davis
Director of Volunteers and Mentors
ldavis@milagrocenter.org
Manasse Dornot
Arts Education Specialist
mdornot@milagrocenter.org
Louis Elosta
Accountant
LElosta@milagrocenter.org
Elias El Hage
Grants and Finance Administrative Specialist
EHage@milagrocenter.org
Tiara Johnson
STARS SEL Art Teacher
Tjohnson@milagrocenter.org
Gerard Joseph
Prosperity Pioneers Program Coordinator
GJoseph@milagrocenter.org
Cristofer Lux
Jr. Teen Leadership Program Manager
CLux@milagrocenter.org
Michael Mapp
Senior Program Director, S,T,A,R,S, Program
mmapp@milagrocenter.org
Joshua McMann
STARS Academic Teacher
jmcmann@milagrocenter.org
Melissa Mildort
Youth Development Coordinator
MMildort@milagrocenter.org
Glenn Mueller
Director of Grants Administration
GMueller@milagrocenter.org
Carlens Orelus
STARS Team Lead & STEM Teacher
COrelus@milagrocenter.org
Amura Powell
Teen Leadership Program Manager
APowell@milagrocenter.org
Thomas Regis
Music Program Director
TRegis@milagrocenter.org
Kayla Rosy
Youth Development Specialist
krosy@milagrocenter.org
Melinda Sartor
Jr. Teen Leadership Program Tutor
MSartor@milagrocenter.org
Tina DeJesus Shapira
Marketing & Special Events Manager
tshapira@milagrocenter.org
Diavion West-Powell,
Operations Assistant
DWest-Powell@milagrocenter.org
Jeaneen West
Managing Director of Grants & Program Implementation
JWest@milagrocenter.org
Milagro Center recognizes and appreciates the importance that accountability, transparency, and quantifiable results have for donors seeking confidence that their financial support will be utilized effectively and wisely.
Based on our annual financial reports, Milagro Center has continued to demonstrate its ability to efficiently and productively manage and grow its finances, as well as execute its long-standing mission in a fiscally responsible way. Donors can have confidence that Milagro Center’s mission to ensure the social and academic success of underserved children and youth through Cultural Arts, Living Values, Academic Support, and Mentoring is having a major and positive impact on our community.
We here at Milagro Center are committed to serving others with our core values of trust, empathy, transparency, safety, and excellence in programming. We whole-heartedly believe that our culture of kindness and passion impacts our children, youth, families, and community at large, enabling and encouraging them to “Reach for the Stars”.
Thank you for your trust and for working in tandem with Milagro Center to invest in our future – today’s children who will become tomorrow’s leaders.
IRA Qualified Charitable Distribution Information
Official name of non-profit : Milagro Foundation Incorporated (dba Milagro Center)
Address: Milagro Center, 695 Auburn Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33444
Contact person : Barbara J. Stark, President & CEO
Email: bstark@milagrocenter.org
Phone: 561 279-2970 x101
EIN: 65-0804625
