YMCA of South Palm Beach County’s “Safety Around the Water” program has received funding from the USA Swimming Foundation.
The $7,000 grant will support efforts to offer free and reduced-cost lessons.
“I am thrilled we have the opportunity to serve 82 youth with lifesaving swim lessons in Palm Beach County,” said Libby Moon, the Y’s associate director of water safety. “Thank you to USA Swimming for helping make swim lessons a possibility to those with the greatest need in our community.”
In other news, the Y also received funding to teach 300 children and adults how to swim. The local agency was awarded $21,000 from YMCA of the USA.
“As temperatures rise, individuals of all ages are looking to cool off, whether that is in home pools, ponds, lakes, rivers, streams or oceans, and that means the risk of drowning is as prevalent as ever,” Moon said.
For more information, call Moon at 561-237-0950 or visit ymcaspbc.org
Golf tournament raises $645,000 for children
More than 30 children’s charities throughout Palm Beach County are the beneficiaries of grants from the Boca West Children’s Foundation 12th annual golf event.
The daylong challenge at Boca West Country Club raised $645,000. It included brunch, a cocktail reception and dinner.
“The golf challenge is our signature annual fundraiser, and so many people from the community participate in our shared effort to support local kids,” said Pamela Weinroth, the foundation’s executive director.
For more information, call 561-488-6980 or visit bocawestfoundation.org
Donation aims to teach about Jewish heritage
Naomi Kramer has donated $1 million to the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County.
Kramer, an 89-year-old resident of Harbour’s Edge in Delray Beach, said it is her way of being part of the change she wants to see.
“Children and young adults are losing an appreciation of what it means to be Jewish,” she said. “I want to change that.”
Her gift on behalf of the William K. and Naomi Kramer Charitable Foundation will help ensure future generations know their Jewish heritage to perpetuate a sense of pride.
“I’m very proud of our heritage and what a small percentage of the population has contributed to the world at large,” Kramer said. “I don’t want us to disappear.”
For more information, call 561-852-3342 or visit jewishboca.org/departments/annual/major-donors
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