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Habitat For Humanity Of Palm Beach County Receives

$320,000 Grant From Fredrick A. DeLuca Foundation

Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County (HFHPBC) as most seniors want to stay in their homes for as long as workforce development, youth development, community
is excited to announce that the Fredrick A. DeLuca possible. More than 78 percent of the families assisted are health, and medical research.
Foundation has generously awarded a $320,000 grant to over 50 years old, and most of those are 60 or beyond. About Habitat For Humanity Of Palm Beach County
expand and support Habitat’s Aging in Place program. The “Thanks to this generous grant by the Frederick A. Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County, founded
grant will fund two new staff positions and increase the DeLuca Foundation, Humanity of Palm Beach County will in 1986, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building
number of seniors HFHPBC serves. continue to expand its reach to those in our community strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter. Each
In 2015, to complement its new construction program, in need of this service that allows homeowners to ‘age in Habitat partner family is required to invest a minimum
Habitat created a home preservation program under its place’ more safely and affordably,” said Bernie Godek, of 400 sweat equity hours of their own labor into the
neighborhood revitalization department. Using home CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County. construction of homes before being eligible to purchase
preservation funding, Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach The Fredrick A. DeLuca Foundation, Inc. is a private their home utilizing a 30-year, no-profit, no-interest loan.
County makes cosmetic exterior and critical interior/ foundation that was founded in 1997 by the late Fred The affiliate’s service area extends from Hypoluxo Road
exterior improvements to homes owned and occupied by DeLuca, co-founder of the global Subway restaurant in the south to the Martin County line in the north, and
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lower-income homeowners. chain. The foundation supports charitable programs that from Palm Beach to Lake Okeechobee.
The repairs range in cost from $2,000 to $10,000 per empower people to lead healthy and productive lives. For more information about Habitat for Humanity of
home. Aging-in-place repairs have been a consistent aspect Under the broad umbrella of education, the foundation Palm Beach County, please visit www.habitatpbc.org.
of this program and are repeatedly requested by residents focuses its giving in the following areas: arts outreach,

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water vapor, condenses to form clouds, and precipitates percent water. The human brain is comprised of about into it. Water is part of a deeply interconnected system.
back to earth in the form of rain and snow. Water 75 percent water. Interestingly enough, a tree is also What we pour on the ground ends up in our water, and
in different phases moves through the atmosphere comprised of about 75 percent water. what we spew into the sky ends up in our water. Life on
(transportation). Liquid water flows across land (runoff), Usually when solids form, atoms get closer together earth simply cannot exist without water. Whether or not
into the ground (infiltration and percolation), and through to form something denser. This is why most solids sink it can exist on other planets without water, is a topic for
the ground (groundwater). Groundwater moves into in water. But solid water, or ice, is actually less dense. It another time.
plants (plant uptake) and evaporates from plants into the expands by about 9 percent, which is unusual. The water Sources: www.epa.gov and www.climatekids.nasa.gov.
atmosphere (transpiration). On a global basis, evaporation molecules form rings when water freezes. All that space NPDES tip: Planting a rain garden with native plants
approximately equals precipitation. There is more water makes ice less dense and explains why it floats. This is somewhere around your home helps lock rain water in
in the atmosphere than in all of our rivers combined. If good because ice floating on top of a body of water lets the ground, reducing the flow of pollutants and poisons
all of the water vapor in our planet’s atmosphere fell as the rest of it stay liquid. If ice sank, whole oceans could into the drains. Using organic fertilizers and pesticides
water at once and spread out evenly, it would only cover freeze solid! in your garden further protects and brings health to your
the globe with about an inch of water. As you can see, water is essential to life here on earth. yard and all the species living there.
Nearly 97 percent of the world’s water is salty, It is important to keep it clean and be mindful of what goes
therefore undrinkable. 2.5 percent of the earth’s fresh
water is unavailable: locked up in glaciers, polar ice caps,
atmosphere, and soil; highly polluted; or lies too far under
the earth’s surface to be extracted at an affordable cost.
That leaves just .5 percent for all of humanity’s needs – its
agricultural, residential, manufacturing, community, and
personal needs.
Water regulates the earth’s temperature. It also
regulates the temperature of the human body, carries
nutrients and oxygen to cells, cushions joints, protects
organs and tissues, and removes wastes. The human
body is comprised of mostly water. A newborn baby,
for example, is 78 percent water and adults are 55 to 60

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