Catholic Charities is putting on a summer program for refugee families. The program is designed to help children from other countries get acclimated to life in the U.S. over the summer.
Jose Suarez, 7, gets help with math from volunteer tutor and Naples High School student Carlos Calixtro, right, during a tutoring class at Saint Elizabeth Seton Elementary School on Thursday afternoon. Catholic Charities in Golden Gate started offering tutoring for people in the community who have achieved refugee status. About 40 families are participating in a camp that has also taken field trips to places like the Naples Zoo and the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts in order to get refugees familiar with the community while helping children who might not have access to such activities. Lexey Swall-Bobay/Staff
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Rudolph Edward, 6, writes the alphabet during a tutoring class at Saint Elizabeth Seton Elementary School on Thursday afternoon. Catholic Charities in Golden Gate started offering tutoring for people in the community who have achieved refugee status. About 40 families are participating in a camp that has also taken field trips to places like the Naples Zoo and the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts in order to get refugees familiar with the community while helping children who might not have access to such activities. Lexey Swall-Bobay/Staff
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Rudolph Edward, 6, sits shyly in a desk as he is greeted by volunteer tutor Edith Cofre before a tutoring class at Saint Elizabeth Seton Elementary School on Thursday afternoon. The boy's father Jeantoy Edward has lived in Naples for the past three years as a refugee from Haiti and brought his sons to live with him for the first time three months ago. Catholic Charities in Golden Gate started offering tutoring for people in the community who have achieved refugee status. About 40 families are participating in a camp that has also taken field trips to places like the Naples Zoo and the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts in order to get refugees familiar with the community while helping children who might not have access to such activities. Lexey Swall-Bobay/Staff
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Melissa Amador, 7, right, looks at a diagram that she drew that labels the parts of the body in English during tutoring class at Saint Elizabeth Seton Elementary School on Thursday afternoon. Amador's family came to Naples a few weeks ago as refugees from Cuba. Catholic Charities in Golden Gate started offering tutoring for people in the community who have achieved refugee status. About 40 families are participating in a camp that has also taken field trips to places like the Naples Zoo and the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts in order to get refugees familiar with the community while helping children who might not have access to such activities. Lexey Swall-Bobay/Staff
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Melissa Amador, 7, right, and her brother Carlos, 9, learn English word during a tutoring class at Saint Elizabeth Seton Elementary School on Thursday afternoon. The siblings came to Naples a few weeks ago as refugees of Cuba. Catholic Charities in Golden Gate started offering tutoring for people in the community who have achieved refugee status. About 40 families are participating in a camp that has also taken field trips to places like the Naples Zoo and the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts in order to get refugees familiar with the community while helping children who might not have access to such activities. Lexey Swall-Bobay/Staff
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Jeantoy Edward wathes as his sons Rudolph, 6, and Stanley, 5, learn the letters of the English alphabet during a tutoring class at Saint Elizabeth Seton Elementary School on Thursday afternoon. Catholic Charities in Golden Gate started offering tutoring for people in the community who have achieved refugee status. About 40 families are participating in a camp that has also taken field trips to places like the Naples Zoo and the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts in order to get refugees familiar with the community while helping children who might not have access to such activities. Lexey Swall-Bobay/Staff
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Rudolph Edward, 6, right, and his brother Stanley Edward, 5, enter Saint Elizabeth Seton Elementary School for tutoring in English for the first time. The boys father Jeantoy Edward, top, has lived in Naples for the past three years as a refugee from Haiti and brought his sons to live with him for the first time three months ago. Catholic Charities in Golden Gate started offering tutoring for people in the community who have achieved refugee status. About 40 families are participating in a camp that has also taken field trips to places like the Naples Zoo and the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts in order to get refugees familiar with the community while helping children who might not have access to such acitivities. Lexey Swall-Bobay/Staff
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Ramonita Rodriguez, right, a case worker with Catholic Charities greets Rudolph Edward, 6, and his brother Stanley Edward, 5, bottom center, as they come to Saint Elizabeth Seton Elementary School for tutoring in English for the first time. The boys father Jeantoy Edward, top, has lived in Naples for the past three years as a refugee from Haiti and brought his sons to live with him for the first time three months ago. Catholic Charities in Golden Gate started offering tutoring for people in the community who have achieved refugee status. About 40 families are participating in a camp that has also taken field trips to places like the Naples Zoo and the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts in order to get refugees familiar with the community while helping children who might not have access to such acitivities. Lexey Swall-Bobay/Staff
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