Pace In the News
Explore the many stories that have been shared and published in the media, highlighting Pace, our programs, our partners, our advocacy and the incredible journeys of our girls as they create success through education, mental health support, and the diverse opportunities available through our day and reach programs. These stories capture the heart of our mission and the real change we're making in the lives of girls and young women.
Feedback is core to Pace Center for Girls’ learning agenda and contributes to quality improvement efforts, innovation, and social impact. Listening to the girls we serve through our year-round academic and social services programming is a highlighted value in our mission and theory of change.
When Xonjenese Jacobs, a USF College of Public Health DrPH student, got her BSW degree, she knew she wanted to make at-promise adolescent girls her “population of choice.” She now serves as the executive director of the Pace Center for Girls, Hernando, a position she was appointed to in July.
Rivera is a recent high school graduate and valedictorian of Pace Center for Girls. Rivera was a former secretary of the Pace Center for Girls’ Leadership Council and was a member of Leadership Grow of Palm Beach County. Rivera currently serves as a 2022 Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Youth Ambassador.
Pace girls got a unique hands-on experience from the Lakeland Fire Department. The Lakeland Fire Department’s Igniting Change: Women in the Fire Service Campaign, is aimed at attracting women to the male-dominated industry.
The bank’s donation will be distributed among 13 Southwest Florida nonprofit organizations, including Pace Lee, and charitable causes that are serving the ongoing needs of local residents in the Sanibel, Fort Myers Beach, Pine Island, Cape Coral and Fort Myers areas who have been affected by Hurricane Ian.