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Holiday Adopter Program Creates Special Memories For All Involved

Over 100 local businesses, affinity groups, and local philanthropic families participated in this year’s Holiday Adopter Program – ensuring each family we served this season had a very special holiday. In the spirit of Throwback Thursday, we caught up with Maria Evangelista, an Adopt-A-Family staff member who coordinated this year’s Holiday Adopter Program. This year, more […]

A Determined Project Grow Teacher Created A Community Garden From Scratch – Instilling Life Lessons Along The Way

  Dedication, resilience, and shear effort help to bring a community garden to life at Project Grow. We took the opportunity to catch up with Evan Schoenly (“Mr. S”), a Project Grow teacher who transformed an empty lot to a beautiful community garden (with the help of his incredible Project Grow students). Mr. S took […]

Project Grow Celebrates Dynamic 10-week Collaboration with an Art Show!

After 10-weeks of dynamic  and innovative programming with Resource Depot and the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County‘s “Arts in my Backyard” program, it was time for a beautiful art show finale with our students in Project Grow! Adopt-A-Family staff and board members also came out to support the work of our students. Thank you […]

Happy Holidays and Thank You All for a Special 2016

  Dear Adopt-A-Family Community,   I want to first and foremost thank you for supporting the work we do. The 2016 year marked one of the more momentous years in recent memory at Adopt-A-Family. A few of the many special highlights from the past year included the following: We once again provided services to more than […]

Santa Shoppe 2016

  This year’s Santa Shoppe Celebration was nothing short of magical. Though the holiday craze placed two very meaningful events only days apart, our hardworking and resilient staff (along with our one-of-a-kind supporters) pulled off another memorable Santa Shoppe. More than 250 children who are served by Adopt-A-Family programming participated in the festivities. Special thanks to […]

Tree Lighting 2016 – Memorable, Beautiful, and Record-Setting.

On December 6, 2016 more than 250 dedicated Adopt-A-Family supporters gathered for the 32nd Annual Tree Lighting Celebration. The event featured vibrant auction formats, elegant cuisine, a powerful success story, and news regarding the shared accomplishments between our one-of-a-kind supporters and the agency as whole. Perhaps most importantly, the night also set a Tree Lighting […]

Introducing Tree Lighting Chairs, Penny Heller & Holly Maisto

Pictured, Holly Maisto & Penny Heller. 2016 Tree Lighting Chairs.    It is hard to believe that the 32nd Annual Tree Lighting Celebration is only days away! We thought that today would be a better time than ever to introduce our community to the 2016 Tree Lighting Committee Co-Chairs, Penny Heller and Holly Maisto! We’d […]

Stability Becomes Reality for Wiley Reynolds Gardens Family

In recognition of Bank of America‘s recent grant in support of Wiley Reynolds Gardens Apartments — we thought it would be fitting to share a story from a family participating in the program. Nearly seven years ago, Patrick Parkes and his family moved to the United States from St. Thomas Parish, Jamaica in search of […]

Bank of America and Comcast Spotlight Create Special Giving Tuesday at Adopt-A-Family

It was a #GivingTuesday to remember at Adopt-A-Family! Our friends from Bank of America  presented Adopt-A-Family with a $15,000 basic needs grant in support of Wiley Reynolds Gardens Apartments. The grant is part of a more than $600,000 collective investment the bank is making in South Florida to address issues related to basic human services. […]

Palm Beach Post “Season To Share” Selects Adopt-A-Family Client

We thank our friends at the Palm Beach Post’s Season to Share for selecting a powerful story of an Adopt-A-Family client struggling to make ends meet. Below is an excerpt from Ms Gumbs’ story from Season to Share. To read the full story and learn how you can make a difference, click here.  Janice Gumbs […]