Junior Orange Bowl News

Dear Friends of Junior Orange Bowl,

We’re taking a break from our monthly meeting in order to focus the upcoming events of the Festival Season. The social that would have taken place tomorrow will be postponed until November. Keep an eye out for an upcoming announcement!

Dear Friends:

To all those who made this year's Junior Orange Bowl Festival a success - THANK YOU!

The Junior Orange Bowl Committee salutes all those who have helped make this year's festival a success. We are especially appreciative of the generosity of the organizations listed below, as well as those not mentioned.

-- Mark Pidal, Executive Director, and The Junior Orange Bowl Committee

NEWS RELEASE Posted on Friday, December 18, 2009 - 01:29 PM EST

CORAL GABLES, FLA. -- The theme for the 22nd annual Junior Orange Bowl Creative Writing Contest is "What Makes A Family?" This essay contest is open to eighth grade middle-school students in Miami-Dade County.  We received 470 submissions from public and private school students in the county.

NEWS RELEASE Posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 - 11:47 AM EST

(MIAMI- Oct 24) Her legs were trembling, and she almost passed out after crossing the finish line, but she did not stop. Her sister, running behind her, felt the same way. Call it sisterly love. Determination starts early for the twins Aylwyn and Emily Hernandez from Hammocks Middle School. The two girls won first and second place in the Junior Orange Bowl Cross-Country Invitational last week, Varsity division.