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       Boca Teen Twins from page 1                       technical trades, and transportation industries. BHH   Beach United Way has been committed to improving lives
                                                         also offers free English as a Second Language (ESOL)   and building strong communities throughout Palm Beach
      their first cereal drive for BHH in 2016 at their school, Calusa   classes, courses in nutrition, and other life skills. Staff   County by focusing on programs and priorities that promote
      Elementary, when they were just eight years old. The boys   and volunteer mentors counsel the unemployed and   education, health and financial stability.
      have since expanded the program, now called Cereal4All,   underemployed in basic workplace skills and help them      Charity Navigator named Boca Helping Hands a Four-
      to many more schools and organizations.            polish resumes and search for jobs.               Star Charity for the 15th consecutive year in June 2021.
      About Boca Helping Hands                              Boca Helping Hands is a partner agency of The Town   Boca Helping Hands is located at 1500 N.W. 1st Court,
         Boca Helping Hands (BHH) is a community-based   of Palm Beach United Way. Since 1945, the Town of Palm   Boca Raton, FL 33432. For more information, please visit
      nonprofit that provides food, medical and financial                                                  BocaHelpingHands.org.
      assistance to meet basic human needs as well as education,
      job training and guidance to create self-sufficiency.
      Through its various assistance programs, BHH supports
      over 27,000 people annually.
         BHH distributes more than 80,000 pantry bags each
      year at five Palm Beach County locations and serves
      over 90,000 hot meals annually, six days per week. The
      organization expands access to affordable medical, dental
      and behavioral care through its partnerships with Genesis
      Community Health (serving clients at clinics in Boca Raton
      and Boynton Beach) and Florida Atlantic University’s
      Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing Community Based
      Clinics (serving residents in West Palm Beach). BHH sends
      weekend meals home with food-insecure elementary school
      students via the BHH Backpacks Program and assists
      working families with the rising cost of childcare through
      the Children’s Assistance Program (CAP).
      awards scholarships for qualified candidates to attend  Boca Raton Public Library Launches
         With an increased focus on client self-sufficiency, BHH

      accredited vocational training classes that prepare them
      for careers in the healthcare, information technology,   New User-Friendly BiblioCore Online

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                                                            The Boca Raton
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                                                         patrons to:
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                                                            • See all format options in a single record: book, large   people connect with ideas and each other,” notes Joleen
                                                         print, audio, digital, CD, and DVD;               Wielkie, Technology and Digital Services librarian. “We
                                                            •  Filter  by  format,  age,  popularity,  availability,   are so excited to bring that same sense of community
                                                         location, reading level, language and more;       engagement and collaboration online with our new
                                                            • Discover reading and viewing recommendations on   catalog!”
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                                                            • Share their love of reading with reviews and ratings;  library website, www.bocalibrary.org. Boca Raton Public
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