Boca Helping Hands Bowling For Bread - Will Support The BHH Backpacks Weekend Meal Program

The children’s charities invited to participate include 4KIDS of South Florida, Inc., Achievement Centers for Children & Families, Adopt a Family of the Palm Beaches, Inc., American Association of Caregiving Youth, Boys & Girls Club of Boca Raton, Family Promise of South Palm Beach County, Fuller Center, HomeSafe, Place of Hope, PROPEL, and Pearl City Cats.

Members of the community are encouraged to sponsor a child for $100, sponsor a lane for one of the children’s charities for $500, or make a donation of any size to support the Backpack program to feed kids in our area schools.

Boca Helping Hands has operated the BHH Backpacks children’s meal program for the past 14 years, providing food-insecure students with non-perishable, easy-to-prepare meals every Friday to ensure they get enough to eat on the weekends. During the 2023-24 school year, BHH Backpacks helped over 1,100 students in 13 local schools, providing 181,362 meals and 60,454 snacks to elementary students in Boca Raton, Delray Beach, and Boynton Beach.

Bowling for Bread is part of Boca Chamber Festival Days—a series of fun-filled August events intended to raise awareness and funds by pairing nonprofits with for-profit members of the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce. Ovation Home Insurance Exchange is Bowling for Bread’s For-Profit Chamber Partner, and the Event Sponsor is the Lee Pearlson Steinberg Foundation. Other major sponsors include the Gary Peters Family Foundation, and Humana Healthy Horizons in Florida.

This is the Lee Pearlson Steinberg Foundation's fourteenth year sponsoring the event. “Being part of the fun at Bowling for Bread and seeing the kids enjoy themselves is something I look forward to every year, "said Foundation Trustee Lee Steinberg. “My mom Pearl’s love for children’s causes inspired me to support Bowling for Bread in her memory. It’s a wonderful way to honor her legacy.”

For sponsorship opportunities, visit: www.BocaHelpingHands.org - Or contact Karen Swedenborg at: (561) 417-0913. Extension#: 202. Or via email at: Karen@BocaHelpingHands.org.

About Boca Helping Hands

Boca Helping Hands (BHH) is a community-based NonProfit that provides food, medical, and financial assistance to help individuals and families improve their quality of life and build financial stability. Through its various programs, BHH assists nearly 35,000 people annually.

Boca Helping Hands is a partner agency of The Town of Palm Beach United Way. Since 1945, the Town of Palm Beach United Way has been committed to improving lives and building strong communities throughout Palm Beach County by focusing on programs and priorities that promote education, health, and financial stability.

Boca Helping Hands holds accreditation for Sound Nonprofit Management from Nonprofits First, has a Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid/GuideStar, and has been a Charity Navigator Four-Star Charity for 17 consecutive years. Boca Helping Hands is located at 1500 Northwest 1st Court, Boca Raton, Florida 33432. For more information, please visit: www.BocaHelpingHands.org