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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).
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With an increased focus on client self-sufficiency, BHH
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