Boca Helping Hands

Anonymous gift aid Helping Hands goal

March 25, 2007

Needs $1 million to construct new quarters

Boca Helping Hands once dreamed of having a new facility. Now, that dream is getting closer to becoming a reality. The Boca-based nonprofit has announced its has received an anonymous donation of $750,000 toward its capital campaign. The
gift marks the near achievement of the $1 million milestone of the finance drive.

“This generous benefactor, who wishes to remain anonymous, is a truly wonderful individual with a caring heart,” said Dave
Freudenberg, president of Boca Helping Hands. “Through this amazing gift, the tree has been planted that will yield long-term harvests for Boca Helping Hands as we seek to relocate all our services to one location.”

“We will expand the current services we now offer to the low-income and homeless families and individuals of Boca Raton. We are truly a blessed community to have such a wondrous person in our midst.” “The construction of our new community center will allow us to improve and expand the services that we offer to our clients,” said Boca Helping Hands Executive Director Linda Gove.“It is our goal to create a job training program that will empower our underemployed and unemployed clients with essential skills that will yield better paying jobs.”

The goal of Boca Helping Hands is to help people in need, through compassionate service, gain independence by fostering dignity, self respect and self-esteem, she said. The new facility will consolidate all services into a single location
featuring a cafeteria, marketplace, warehouse center, administrative offices and job assistanceprogram. It will include the expansion of children’s services and the initiation of free medical and dental treatment.

“This gift is more evidence of the community’s level of support for Boca Helping Hands and the new building project,”
said Gary Peters, head of the capital campaign. “Donors and business leaders are making it clear that they believe in our
vision for using this facility to improve the lives of the lowincome and homeless in Boca Raton for the betterment of the
community.”

“We are so grateful for the generosity of this individual. Every donation brings us closer to our goal,” Freudenberg said.
“With only $500,000 left to go, we are that much more anxious to actually break ground. We have moved from being
thinkers and dreamers to being builders and doers.”

For information about Helping Hands, call 561-417-0913 or visit bocahelpinghands@bellsouth.net. Donations can be
made online at www.bocahelpinghands.org.

Dale M. King can be reached at 561-549-0832 or at dking@bocanews.com.