Did You Know

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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Did You Know – Grandma’s Place

January 15, 2014

Did you know that in 2012 there were over 2500 reports of child abuse in Palm Beach County? In fact, Palm Beach County has some of the highest rates of child abuse in Florida. About half of the cases were verified as neglect and the other half were cases of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse.…

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Did You Know – Gratitude House

February 1, 2013

“Did you know that about one baby is born every hour addicted to opiate drugs in the United States? Add prescription drug abuse, alcohol, marijuana, and other illicit substances and the number triples. Withdrawal for a newborn is long and painful and is often accompanied with long-term physical and emotional problems.”

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Did You Know – Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue

January 5, 2013

BallenIsles Charities Foundation mails a series of postcards to residents spotlighting the area organizations its grants support – and letting them know of upcoming fundraising events. Did you know that our Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue Team responded to over 300 emergency calls from BallenIsles residents in 2012? As first responders, when you or a family…

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Did You Know – Feeding South Florida

December 20, 2012

“Did you know that almost 65,000 children in Palm Beach County wonder if they will be able to eat 3 square meals a day at the weekend, when they’re out of the Monday-Friday school lunch program? Or have a snack sometime during the day?”

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Did You Know – Loggerhead Marine Life Center

December 1, 2012

BallenIsles Charities Foundation mails a series of postcards to residents spotlighting the area organizations its grants support – and letting them know of upcoming fundraising events. “Did you know that South Florida is the 2nd largest nesting beach in the world for the loggerhead sea turtle–an endangered species–and that Juno Beach is one of the…

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Did You Know – Palm Beach Waterfront Warriors

November 15, 2012

BallenIsles Charities Foundation mails a series of postcards to residents spotlighting the area organizations its grants support – and letting them know of upcoming fundraising events. Did you know that some of our West Palm Beach Firefighters helped at Ground Zero in 2001? This experience so moved them that they now volunteer each year to arrange…

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