“Summertime and the livin’ is easy” is the first verse of Gershwin’s famous song from Porgy and Bess. For the residents of the Homeless Coalition’s resource location, The Lewis Center, life is no easier during the summer than any other time of the year. They continue to
Read more... →On April 16th, NCJW Palm Beach volunteers cooked and served a nutritious dinner to guests of Quantum House. Quantum House is located at St. Mary’s Hospital campus in West Palm Beach and offers affordable housing, meals, family activities, and an emergency safety net for family members
Read more... →The Florida Supreme Court has approved the language of Amendment 4!!! It is now officially on the November ballot and needs 60% of voters to approve it in order for the Amendment to become part of the Florida Constitution. We need all hands on deck!!! Calling all
Read more... →DO YOU VOTE BY MAIL? Mail-in Ballot Requests Have Expired! Request your Vote-By-Mail Ballot Today! Under the current Florida Laws, voters who choose to vote by mail must renew their Vote-By-Mail request each election cycle. You MUST complete a new Vote-By-Mail request form to be eligible to
Read more... →Heads Smart Teams Up With Boca Raton Bicycle Club On May 14 and 16, Heads Smart, in conjunction with the Boca Raton Bicycle Club (BRBC), presented 45 students of the Milagro Center in Delray with bicycles and helmets. The bikes and helmets were donated by BRBC as
Read more... →KIDS COMMUNITY CLOSET VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL BUSY Although school in Palm Beach County is out for the summer, Kids Community Closets’ volunteers are still busy. In the weeks before school ended, all our volunteers visited their assigned schools and took a complete inventory of the clothing. Orders
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NCJW Palm Beach Installs Our 2024-2025 Executive Board On May 1, 2024, we installed our 2024-2025 Executive Board at a beautiful luncheon at the Doubletree Hotel in Palm Beach Gardens. We are thrilled to once again welcome a group of passionate, dedicated women to guide us through
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As a fringe benefit of our Villaggio Women’s Seder, attendees donate Kosher for Passover non-perishable food items to be distributed through local synagogues to food insecure and home bound synagogue members. On April 8th, our Holiday Bags committee assembled 40 bags which were delivered to the synagogues
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Four years ago, Laurie Alexander, a Board Member of NCJW Palm Beach, initiated a fruitful partnership with Deborah Morgan, CEO of Palm Beach Harvest, an organization dedicated to feeding approximately 64,000 food-insecure individuals multiple times per week. Year after year, we have persisted in meeting our targets
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For the second time in the past few months, our member, Marsha Rickles, Chair of our Heads Smart bicycle safety program, appeared on our local TV network to promote bicycle safety and proper helmet fitting. In 1988, Marsha lost her 8-year-old son to a bicycle accident before helmet laws
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