1972 – Founded to achieve fair labor and living conditions for farmworkers
1973 – Intervened to obtain medical treatment for farmworkers in the South Dade Labor Camp when a typhoid epidemic broke out
1977 – Built in South and Central Florida 500 safe and affordable homes for families of low-income at Heritage Village, Centro Villas, Hacienda West, Florida City Villages and other communities
1978 – Advocated to establish the Everglades Labor Camp, the Coalition of Florida Farmworkers Organization (COFFO), and provided seed funding for M.U.J.E.R
1982 – Provided job skills training and placement to farmworkers and their dependents, and emergency rent and utility assistance
1987 – Weatherized/ Rehabilitated approximately 6000 homes in Desoto, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Okeechobee, Charlotte, Glades, and Collier Counties to reduce energy consumption and costs for low-income families
1988 – Built and managed Biscayne Senior Housing providing affordable, supportive apartment living for Homestead area senior citizens
1990 – Helped more than 3,000 families become first-time homeowners
1992 – After Hurricane Andrew, introduced free, recreational activities for children, which became our 21st Century Community Learning Center, providing 200 children ages 5-13 each year with after school tutorial and summer camp
1996 – Created Palm Villas Apartments, 91 units of safe, affordable apartments for low-income families in Florida City
2007 – Assisted 2,000 distressed homeowners facing South Florida’s foreclosure epidemic
2020 – UnidosUS Affiliate of the Year
2020-2021 – Volunteer Florida AmeriCorps Program of the Year
Since 1972 – Present, Centro Campesino stands for “Equity, Education, and Economic Opportunity: For Everyone!”