PALM BEACH UNITES TO PACKAGE 100,000 HEALTHY MEALS FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN THROUGHOUT PBC
The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-By-The-Sea, Palm Beach Day Academy, The Fellowship of Christians and Jews, the Boys and Girls Club of Palm Beach County And Feeding Children Everywhere Partner To Create Palm Beach Cares
Palm Beach, FL (February 5, 2015) – The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-By-The-Sea , Palm Beach Day Academy, the Fellowship of Christians and Jews, the Boys and Girls Club of Palm Beach County, and Feeding Children Everywhere are partnering for the Palm Beach Unites Hunger Project this Sunday, February 8 at the Halmos Activity Center located on Palm Beach Day Academy’s upper campus at 241 Seaview Avenue in Palm Beach.
About 600 individuals including 266 families of Palm Beach Day Academy with children of all ages are participating and will be packing alongside children of the Boys and Girls Club. Over 100,000 healthy meals will be packed containing the essential nutrients needed for healthy development for hungry children who worry about where their next meal will come from. Items being packaged include: Lentils, rice, dehydrated vegetables, and more.
Volunteers will be working in shifts between 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM. To sign up, volunteers can visit the website at: FeedingChildrenEverywhere.com, click on upcoming events then go to Palm Beach Unites. Click on “volunteer” and sign up for one of three one-hour shifts.
On Monday, February 9, The Boys and Girls Club of Palm Beach County will be distributing approximately 3,500 meals to the Belle Glade Boys and Girls Club Teen Center. Other meal recipients include six other Boys and Girls Clubs of Palm Beach sites, the Food For The Poor, feeding programs at the Episcopal Church of Bethesda by the Sea, Glades Academy, and the backpack program at Palm Beach Day Academy.
About the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County
Founded in 1971, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County is a not-for profit youth development organization dedicated to promoting the educational, vocational, health leadership and character of boys and girls in a safe, nurturing environment. The Clubs provide more than a safe, fun and constructive alternative to being home alone – they offer a variety of award-winning developmental programs to help youth build skills, self-esteem and values during critical periods of growth. The thirteen Boys & Girls Clubs throughout Palm Beach County serve more than 6,000 children ages 6-18. For more information, please visit www.bgcpbc.org or call 561-683-3287.
About Feeding Children Everywhere
Feeding Children Everywhere (FCE) is a social charity based in Orlando, Florida that empowers and mobilizes people to assemble healthy meals for hungry children. The driving mission is to mobilize individuals from all walks of life, empowering them to answer the need to end hunger through their own personal actions. Hunger Projects show groups that they are having a tangible impact on the hunger crisis, as their involvement makes distribution possible. The food is provided at no cost to local organizations in the U.S. and in different regions around the world. To date, the FCE team has mobilized 100,000 people and shipped more than twenty million meals worldwide. Please visit www.feedingchildreneverywhere.com to learn more or contact Communications Coordinator, Molly Slicker at molly@feedingchildreneverywhere.com or by calling 941.545.5727.
