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BOCA RATON, FL, November 25, 2024– The Junior League of Boca Raton’s (JLBR) 37th Annual Woman Volunteer of the Year Luncheon sold out with more than 900 attendees at The Boca Raton on November 1st. Terry Fedele, the nominee for Florida Atlantic University Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, was named Woman Volunteer of the…

Boca Helping Hands (BHH) has named Kathy Adkins, Eric Gebhard, and Zach Pechter to the organization’s board of directors. Since moving to Boca Raton in 1994, volunteerism has been an important part of Kathy Adkins’ life. For the past 14 years, Kathy has volunteered with Impact 100 Palm Beach County, serving as its President from…

 Boca Helping Hands is seeking support from the community to distribute meals to families for Thanksgiving. Its 20th annual Thanksgiving Box Brigade program, which provides a turkey and a box filled with everything a family needs to prepare a holiday meal, will feed approximately 14,160 people. Members of the community can get involved by donating the cost…

The Junior League of Boca Raton (JLBR) Raising Readers Committee hosted a Red Apple Supplies Pop-Up & Pick Up Store on behalf of the Education Foundation of Palm Beach on October 16a the Vegso Community Resource Center in Boca Raton. Raising Readers committee members and other Junior League volunteers helped set up and handed out school supplies to 72…

On Sunday, October 27, a diverse coalition of over 100 community members gathered at Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church in Boca Raton for the “Souls to the Polls Early Voting Rally.” Organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of South Palm Beach County, the advocacy arm of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County;…