Month: May 2014

Grant Award Featured In First Tee Of The Palm Beaches Newsletter

May 20, 2014

Ballenisles Charities Foundation Supports The First Tee The BallenIsles Charities Foundation (BICF) was established in 2011 with the goal of Making a Difference to local not-for-profit organizations in areas surrounding our residential community located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. The launch of the Foundation underscored a commitment to those civic and tax exempt organizations that…

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Did You Know – Adopt a Family of Palm Beaches

May 20, 2014

Did you know that the Palm Beach County School District identified more than 3,000 homeless students last school year, with some families living in cars, under bridges and on local campgrounds? Adopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches started almost 30 years ago to address this issue and to help restore families in crisis to stability and…

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Did You Know – Habitat for Humanity Palm Beach County

May 20, 2014

Did you know that Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County not only builds homes for low income, hardworking qualified families in Palm Beach County, but unique among their other national affiliates, they also partner with a local magnet Construction Academy to build important life & job skills for 150 high school students enrolled in…

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BallenIsles Charities Foundation Awards Local Charities a Record $285,000 in Financial Grants

May 2, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Palm Beach Gardens, Fl. – 32 area organizations with extraordinary local community programs were awarded financial Grants totaling a record $285,000 by the BallenIsles Charities Foundation last month during a charity reception at BallenIsles Country Club. The “Helping to Make a Difference” financial Grant awards brings the Foundation’s total charitable contributions to…

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Play It Forward: BallenIsles Featured in The Bridge Bulletin of ACBL News

May 1, 2014

Playing it forward: Elaine Goodman, Event Chair Linda Hornsby, featured speaker Frank Stewart and David Weener. By Mark Hopkinson The BallenIsles Bridge Club in Palm Beach Gardens FL partnered with the BallenIsles Charities Foundation to host the 2nd Annual Bridge FUNdraiser in early February. The event, which garnered more than $23,000 for local charities, brought…

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