Found 14 blog entries tagged as Donations.

Community foundations typically accept charitable donations and grant funds to a wide variety of causes, such as community services, the arts, education, the environment, health, and disaster relief within a specific geographic region. Here in Jupiter the Waterfront Way Foundation gifted Jupiter High School students a glistening new school bus as a holiday gift following a match-by-match donation. A total of $107,000 was raised for the new motor vehicle.  

The former bus was lacking air conditioning as well as wheelchair access. Without these enhancements it made transporting the students in the Exceptional Student Education Program far more challenging. The new bus will be instrumental in bringing these exceptional students to area businesses for…

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In honor of International Women’s Day “Dress for Success Palm Beaches” is partnering up with Palm Beach Outlets in West Palm Beach to host a Purses & Pumps Donation Drive. The “Dress for Success” donation drive will run from Monday, March 8, through Sunday, March 14, 2021.  New or gently used purses and women’s professional shoes including flats and modest heels can be dropped off at the “Dress for Success” collection bins located in Saks OFF 5TH, Ann Taylor Factory Store, and Steve Madden. 

The mission of "Dress for Success" is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.  Since April 2010 “Dress for Success Palm Beaches”…

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The Village of North Palm Beach Library is located at 303 Anchorage Drive, North Palm Beach is accepting book donations. Do not throw away your old books – upcycle them!  Perhaps keep the North Palm Beach Library in mind and donate them where they can get another chance at life. The library gratefully accepts donations, and the proceeds from the donated books are used to help support the community library.

Did you know you can borrow E-books and E-audiobooks from the Village Library? There are thousands of titles available, including New York Times Bestsellers.

The Village Library also has “Adult Takeaway Kits”, “Teen Takeaway Kits”, “Children Kids Takeaway Kits”.  Stop by the North Palm Beach Library to pick up a FREE “Takeaway Kit”. There will…

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The Palm Beach County Boxed for Success School Supply Drive saw a record-breaking year for donations, and local kids have plenty of supplies for the school year thanks to the generosity of area residents.

The drive received nearly 30,000 items including notebooks, paper, pencils, markers, crayons, tissues and glue sticks. Cash donations also totalled $14,600 which was by far the most money in the drive’s six-year history, doubling its previous high of $7,000 in 2014. 

All of the supplies and monetary donations were evenly distributed to three Title 1 elementary schools in the county, where more than 90 percent of those students' families are low income. 

The Boxed for Success School Supply Drive, which ended just before school started a…

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