Page 2 - Boca Exposure - November '21

Page 2, Boca Exposure

Junior League Of Boca Raton from page 1 About Boca Helping Hands the unemployed and underemployed in basic workplace skills
Boca Helping Hands (BHH) is a community-based and help them polish resumes and search for jobs.
Bethel Evangelical Baptist Church on Tuesday from 10 a.m. nonprofit that provides food, medical and financial assistance Boca Helping Hands is a partner agency of The Town
to 12 p.m. and Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m. starting on Tuesday, to meet basic human needs as well as education, job training of Palm Beach United Way. Since 1945, the Town of Palm
Oct. 5. and guidance to create self-sufficiency. Through its various Beach United Way has been committed to improving lives
“We have been able to expand the footprint of our pantry programs, BHH assists over 27,000 people annually. and building strong communities throughout Palm Beach
bag distribution largely through the support of our partners in BHH distributes more than 80,000 pantry bags each year County by focusing on programs and priorities that promote
the faith community who have made their facilities available at five Palm Beach County locations and serves over 90,000 education, health, and financial stability.
to us,” said Greg Hazle, Boca Helping Hands executive hot meals annually, six days per week. The organization Charity Navigator named Boca Helping Hands a
director. “We are happy to be working alongside Pastor expands access to affordable medical, dental and behavioral Four-Star Charity for the 15th consecutive year in June
Jules and his team at Bethel Evangelical Baptist Church to care through its partnerships with Genesis Community 2021. Boca Helping Hands is located at 1500 N.W. First
continue the expansion of our feeding program into Delray Health (serving clients at clinics in Boca Raton and Boynton Court, Boca Raton, FL 33432. For more information,
Beach. We hope our partnership will serve the needs of many Beach) and Florida Atlantic University’s Christine E. Lynn please visit bocahelpinghands.org.
food-insecure families in that community.” College of Nursing Community Based Clinics (serving
Pantry Bag Program client Patrice Delorantis says the residents in West Palm Beach). In addition, BHH sends
food helps to supplement her family’s income. “There’s weekend meals home with food-insecure elementary school
five of us in the family. It helps us with the food, and if my students via the BHH Backpacks Program and assists
husband doesn’t have work, which he usually does, but working families with the rising cost of childcare through
sometimes he doesn’t have work.” the Children’s Assistance Program (CAP).
In addition, BHH is making financial assistance for rent, With an increased focus on client self-sufficiency, BHH
utilities, and childcare expenses available to Delray Beach awards scholarships for qualified candidates to attend
residents in crisis through its resource center. The plan is to accredited vocational training classes that prepare them for
also expand the program to Lantana/Lake Worth residents careers in the healthcare, information technology, construction,
and eventually to the other zip codes in Palm Beach County and transportation industries. BHH also offers free English as
that BHH serves. Previously, this financial assistance was a Second Language (ESOL) classes, courses in nutrition, and
limited to Boca Raton and Boynton Beach residents. other life skills. In addition, staff and volunteer mentors counsel
Since the inception of the BHH Resource Center in 2003,
BHH has helped over 3,850 families from Boca Raton and
Boynton Beach by distributing almost $1.1 million to help
with rent and utilities. As federally funded pandemic financial
assistance and eviction moratoriums expire, Boca Helping
Hands expects to see increased demand for its financial
services from families in crisis throughout Palm Beach
County. Boca Helping Hands works in partnership with
Spanish River Church and Ruth and Norman Rales Jewish
Family Services to provide joint emergency financial support
to clients by combining resources and funds.
Boca Helping Hands also provides a Children’s
Assistance Program (CAP), which was started in 2006 out
of the need to help working families pay for safe, reliable
childcare to maintain full-time employment. Since then,
BHH has assisted over 850 kids and their families with more
than $472,000 to help cover the cost of daycare, summer
camp, and after-school care, enabling parents like Daniella
DiVentura to continue to work. Last year, Daniella received
financial assistance for both rent and childcare costs. At the
time, she was a single mom struggling to make ends meet.
“I felt so humbled. I’d never received financial assistance
before in my life, so it was a weird feeling to accept help,” she
said. “But at the same time, I felt so grateful, and it allowed
me to continue to work. If I can’t work, I can’t do anything,
so it really meant a lot that people donate to Boca Helping
Hands.”
To apply for help, documentation must be submitted to
Boca Helping Hands and is reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Requirements and additional information about applying
for financial assistance can be found on the website at
bocahelpinghands.org/financialresources.
Information on how to register for the Pantry Bag
Program, hours, and distribution locations can be found on
BHH’s website at bocahelpinghands.org/pantrybagprogram.

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