At Centerline we believe in giving back to the humanity through simple acts of gratitude, community service, social development programs, education and supporting artistic events.

Centerline supports Building the Future Foundation, which is a 501C3 certified non-profit organization, established in 2009, which focuses on community service, education, nation building, environmental awareness and spiritual growth.

Our vision is to contribute to the formation and development of society by empowering students and partners to engage in social transformation.

Our foundation and partners have planned, organized and hosted over 50 fund raiser events with an average of 50+ people per event, during the past 10 years in support of the following projects which include, but are not limited to: Building Libraries, Renovating Sports Fields for Schools, Beach Clean-Ups, Performing Eye Exams for Children, Student Interchange Programs, Supporting His House Children’s Foster Home, Serving meals to the homeless at Camillus House and Offering Seminars to the Public.

The creation of the foundation was inspired by Kenneth Plotkin’s encounters with spiritual masters and professors dedicated to serving humanity through their school, Institución Educativa Ramon Messa Londoño In Quimbaya, Colombia. Since then, Kenneth has been joined by his wife, sister, mother, nieces and many other family members and friends, on this quest to making the world a better place.

The foundation continues to work with other Non-Profits, private companies and individuals, in order to strengthen the organization and generate more positive impact on society.

Sample Project Portfolio:
Project: COVID-19 Lunch Donation & Service to Camillus House for 400+ homeless
Place: Miami, FL
Period of Performance: April 25, 2020
Description: During the COVID-19 pandemic, Building the Future Foundation donated lunch and served 400+ homeless people with a luncheon that included: Rolls, side salad, baked chicken, white rice and black beans, dessert and beverages. This service brought hope to the community and put a smile on many faces.
Project: Work Shop and Beach Clean Up for lnstitución Educativa Arroyo de Piedra
Place: Arroyo de Piedra, Cartagena Province, Bolivar, Colombia
Period of Performance: September, 2018
Value: $30,000 USD
Description: Centerline Services personnel and key members of the foundation traveled to this vulnerable site along with a group of volunteers. The first place visited was the actual school, where we delivered an informational and interactive workshop to 80+ students and staff, regarding environmental awareness, the importance of solidarity and social service. After this, we all went to the beach where we collected 2 tons of garbage which included items such as: bottle caps, plastic bags, soda cans, toothbrushes, etc. The project made a significant psycho-social impact on the community as a whole and a betterment to the environment.
Project: New Library Building for lnstitución Educativa Ramon Messa Londono
Place: Vereda Pueblo Rico Quimbaya, Quindio Province in Colombia
Period of Performance: March, 2009 to June, 2011
Value: $250,000 USD
Description: The Foundation designed, engineered and executed a build out of a new library which was destroyed after an earthquake back in 1999. This new library currently serves over 280 students, parents, community members, teachers and staff.

In addition, Centerline is supporting Graffiti Artist Juan Pablo Almonacid’s efforts to beautify McCollum Hall in coordination with the Fort Myers Mural Society of Lee County.  

During its heyday, McCollum Hall was considered the jewel of the Dunbar business community. The two-story 10,000-square-foot Art Deco building was part of the “Chitlin’ Circuit in the 1930s and ‘40s” and the second-floor dance hall hosted such internationally-renowned musicians as Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, B.B. King, Lionel Hampton, Otis Redding, Lucky Milliner and Duke Ellington and his orchestra. During performances, area residents would gather in the parking lot, Affectionately named Buck’s Backyard, where they would play along with the musicians inside on slap boxes, harmonicas and other instruments, eat barbeque, drink beer and smoke cigars.  

The mural project will be painted on seventeen concrete panels on the eight-foot-tall wall that separates McCollum Hall from the residential neighborhood just to the north. Almonicid and Schlake were chosen from a field of nine applicants by a gold star five-member selection committee who scored the artists’ submissions on the basis of originality, technical ability, visibility by motorists passing by on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, style and how well their designs express the Buck’s Backyard theme.