Representatives from the Community Foundation discuss opportunities for non-profit organizations to receive grants & students to receive scholarships from Community Foundation of the Palm Beaches & Treasure Coast.
We’re talking with prostate cancer survivor and advocate Rudy Morgan about the issues African American men face as prostate cancer survivors.
He’ll also talk about the new anonymous National Prostate Cancer Registry where survivors can share their experience and thus help researchers better understand survivor’s needs.
Believe With Me is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to Bringing Hope and Help to America’s Gold Star Families. A Gold Star Family is one that has lost a loved one in the service of our nation’s Military. Believe With Me serves all manner of military death— Killed In Action, Killed In Training, PTSD Suicide, and cancer related deaths to exposures during military service. The widows we are serving this Valentine’s Day all registered their children to receive Christmas gifts from Believe With Me during our American Gold Star Christmas project to provide gifts from grateful Americans like you.
In Palm Beach County, an estimated 1 in 7 adults functions at the lowest level of literacy and lacks the basic skills needed for today’s world. Nearly half of children in third grade are unable to read at grade level. Many of these adults and children who cannot read or write well desperately want to learn. Literacy AmeriCorps members address this need by teaching in family literacy and adult education programs to assist adults to learn English, serving as Graduation Coaches in local high schools with at-risk youth, and tutoring children in elementary schools, afterschool programs and libraries.
What is hospice care? How is it paid for? When does it begin & how long does it last? How do you find out if your loved one is eligible for Hospice care? Sandi Cramer from Trustbridge answers these questions and more.
Little Smiles is gearing up for their signature pub crawl scavenger hunt, Bamboozle. Teams of four will be given a list of challenges and obstacles to tackle on Clematis Street in Downtown West Palm Beach on Saturday, August 24th. To learn more about Bamboozle or Little Smiles, please visit www.littlesmilesfl.org
The board of trustees of Quantum Foundation, under the chairmanship of Ethel Isaacs Williams, recently approved nine new grants totaling more than $800,000 to Palm Beach County-based nonprofits.
Quantum Foundation’s mission is to fund initiatives that improve the health of Palm Beach County residents. In 1998, Quantum Foundation marked its rookie year as one of Palm Beach County’s newest and largest philanthropic organizations with an impressive $7.6 million granted to more than 40 Palm Beach County projects. Twenty years later, with assets of approximately $150 million, the organization’s focus remains on keeping Palm Beach County healthy. Their 20 years’ worth of awards totals more than $140 million and has impacted hundreds of local nonprofit organizations. Every dollar the foundation grants continues to stay in the county to benefit local communities. The most recent cycle of grants focuses on better engagement in health, greater access to resources for health, and stronger connections for healthy communities.
Of the nine grants allocated for the first quarter of 2019, $75,000 went to Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County (HFHPBC) to support their Western Communities Expansion Program, which will provide affordable housing for home ownership, home preservation and repair services, financial counselling, and other supportive services for families in the Glades area, as well as the creation of a Habitat satellite office in Belle Glade. This new and permanent presence will allow HFHPBC to contract with local vendors and hire local residents to help fulfill the mission of Habitat to build homes, communities, and hope for families in the Glades.
PALM BEACH COUNTY’S OLDEST AND LARGEST PRIVATE ANIMAL SHELTER, PEGGY ADAMS ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE, IS TURNING 94! CELEBRATE THEIR 94TH ANNIVERSARY AT THE MEGA MUTT & MEOW EVENT JUNE 21ST, 22ND & 23RD. FREE ADOPTIONS FOR DOGS OVER 40 LBS AND CATS OVER FIVE MONTHS OLD!