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Bank of America Celebrates Valentine’s Day with Project Grow – Including a STEAM Lesson

  Special Valentine’s Day thank you to our friends at Bank of America (BoA) who visited with our Project Grow afterschool students today. The BoA team presented to each of the three Grow classrooms on how banking relates directly to STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) as well as prepared Valentine’s themed candy bags for […]

Five Project Grow Safety Patrollers Embark to Washington D.C.

  This morning, five Adopt-A-Family Project Grow 5th grade students embarked on the annual Safety Patrol field trip to Washington D.C. Wish our students safe travels and an epic learning experience! Our Project Grow Director, Daron Morse, caught up with some of the Patrollers to hear what the students are most excited about.  

From Wild Card Draw to 2nd Place Finish at the Great Charity Challenge

Special Announcement: Adopt-A-Family was drawn as a “Charity Wild Card” during this Saturday’s Great Charity Challenge presented by Fidelity Investments, leading to a 2nd place finish!     Adopt-A-Family went from Wild Card #3 during the Great Charity Challenge (GCC)​ draw to a second place finish in this year’s special competition, resulting in $125,000! We […]

An Affordable Place to Call Home Allows NSP2 Client to Follow Her Dreams

Living affordably makes a true difference for our families — Meet Nancy E., an NSP2 Success Story. We took the opportunity to catch up with Nancy and learn more about how having an affordable place to live has helped unlock her entrepreneurial spirit. I’ve been in the NSP2 program for more than two years now. […]

Holiday Adopter Program Creates Special Memories For All Involved

Over 100 local businesses, affinity groups, and local philanthropic families participated in this year’s Holiday Adopter Program – ensuring each family we served this season had a very special holiday. In the spirit of Throwback Thursday, we caught up with Maria Evangelista, an Adopt-A-Family staff member who coordinated this year’s Holiday Adopter Program. This year, more […]

A Determined Project Grow Teacher Created A Community Garden From Scratch – Instilling Life Lessons Along The Way

  Dedication, resilience, and shear effort help to bring a community garden to life at Project Grow. We took the opportunity to catch up with Evan Schoenly (“Mr. S”), a Project Grow teacher who transformed an empty lot to a beautiful community garden (with the help of his incredible Project Grow students). Mr. S took […]

Project Grow Celebrates Dynamic 10-week Collaboration with an Art Show!

After 10-weeks of dynamic  and innovative programming with Resource Depot and the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County‘s “Arts in my Backyard” program, it was time for a beautiful art show finale with our students in Project Grow! Adopt-A-Family staff and board members also came out to support the work of our students. Thank you […]

Happy Holidays and Thank You All for a Special 2016

  Dear Adopt-A-Family Community,   I want to first and foremost thank you for supporting the work we do. The 2016 year marked one of the more momentous years in recent memory at Adopt-A-Family. A few of the many special highlights from the past year included the following: We once again provided services to more than […]

Santa Shoppe 2016

  This year’s Santa Shoppe Celebration was nothing short of magical. Though the holiday craze placed two very meaningful events only days apart, our hardworking and resilient staff (along with our one-of-a-kind supporters) pulled off another memorable Santa Shoppe. More than 250 children who are served by Adopt-A-Family programming participated in the festivities. Special thanks to […]

Tree Lighting 2016 – Memorable, Beautiful, and Record-Setting.

On December 6, 2016 more than 250 dedicated Adopt-A-Family supporters gathered for the 32nd Annual Tree Lighting Celebration. The event featured vibrant auction formats, elegant cuisine, a powerful success story, and news regarding the shared accomplishments between our one-of-a-kind supporters and the agency as whole. Perhaps most importantly, the night also set a Tree Lighting […]