New donation effort for children: Boca West Children’s Foundation has launched an initiative called The Partnership to grant five $50,000 donations for programs by local children’s charities.
The community can purchase “shares” in The Partnership for $500. Each “share” represents a vote to help select the grant recipients to fund these programs:
- A Place of Hope, meals for children who live on campuses for four months;
- Boca Helping Hands, six weekend meal distribution backpacks for additional 200 children weekly;
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County, send 100 underserved kids to one-week sleepaway camp;
- Center for Family Services, the S.A.F.E. Kids Program, treat 20 children for two months for abuse and/or violence;
- Education Foundation of Palm Beach County, backpacks and school supplies for 2,000 students in highest-risk schools in lowest income neighborhoods;
- Florence Fuller Child Development Centers/Caridad, yearlong course for adults on obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and nutrition for mothers;
- Junior League of Boca Raton, for 350 children in need with diapers for a year;
- Jewish Adoption & Foster Care Options, for all children living on campus with computers and enhanced network to continue with virtual school;
- Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, 750 therapy sessions for children with long-term, degenerative medical conditions requiring continuing physical care;
- Sweet Dream Makers, beds for 200 children who do not have them;
- YMCA of the Palm Beaches, send 50 children to summer day camp including meals, allowing parents to work. https://www.bocawestfoundation.org/the-partnership/
