Boca Helping Hands this year received an additional $75,000 donation from an anonymous donor and raised $92,000 at the Monopoly Tournament to take the capital campaign to over $1.2 Million dollars and help make that dream become a reality. Boca Helping Hands, having embarked on a capital campaign in 2006 to raise one million four hundred thousand dollars to build a new facility to operate a permanent home and establish an expanded assistance fund, continues to move forward on the dream to house all of the services offered by Boca Helping Hands under one roof.
Boca Helping Hands has been serving the underprivileged in Boca Raton for almost 10 years and during that time we have expanded our programs insuring the growth of services to the community's most needy. Our physical space needs have also increased. Currently, food, warehouse and client services have been separated in rented space across multiple locations. The complicated arrangement makes the use of resources and volunteers difficult at best. Simply put, Boca Helping Hands needs a new and permanent larger home. Preliminary plans for the building have been drawn and the need for land is being addressed.
Plans call for a two story building that will house the Food Center and food warehouse and distribution center, a kitchen, a dining room, an assistance Center, a conference room and a reception area. All areas will be named for major donors to this campaign.
Boca Helping Hands
volunteers have worked diligently with the community to raise
over one million dollars so that construction can begin in 2008.
All contributions are welcome. Please contact us for more
information on Boca Helping Hands' work or the campaign to build
a new home for these needed services. Please feel free to
contact me with questions or donations at
campaign@bocahelpinghands.org.