WPEC News Ch.12 Does Story on Boca Helping Hands and Lucas Metropulos

Fishing 4 Families in Need

On Monday, July 25th, our guests were treated to a special treat for lunch. Lukas Metropulos, no stranger to the BHH family and his crew from Fishing 4 Families in Need donated over 100 pounds of fresh fish to Boca Helping Hands! Lukas began his involvement with BHH a few years ago, as he began forming his non-profit organization. While teaching water and fishing conservation, Lukas would teach young children from low income families how to fish…thus instilling a skill they could use for the rest of their lives to provide food for themselves and their families. The famous quote that adorns the entry to the Remillard Center (“Give a man a fish and he eats for a day…teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.”) has found its expression in Lukas Metropulos and Fishing 4 Families in Need.

 On Sunday, July 24th, Lukas and his team were at the docks in Riviera Beach as the participants from a two day fishing tournament were returning to weigh their catch. From 6:00 A.M. (yes….that’s 6:00 in the morning!!!!), Lukas and friends greeted each returning boat and offered to clean and fillet their catch…IF…they were willing to donate said catch to Boca Helping Hands! By 5:00 in the afternoon, the team had received donations of over 100 pounds of fish.

The story was so compelling, WPEC-12 (CBS in West Palm Beach) sent a camera crew out to Boca Helping Hands on Monday to film lunch. For the second time in less than five days, BHH was featured on the evening news casts!

Click on this link to see the newscast: http://www.cbs12.com/video/c/1143359274/local-news/1078859277001/wpec-localnews