 The Lake Worth Resource Center, a Mentoring Center and partners project, will be able to do more to help immigrant workers and families gain skills that allow them to legally improve their economic situation, thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties. The Mentoring
Center will utilize a two-year $110,000 grant from the Community Foundation to support
the work of The Lake Worth Resource Center, which helps provide a secure place
for workers to gather, gain employable skills and makes employers accountable
for ensuring safe, fair and equitable employment opportunities. “More than 25 percent of Palm Beach County’s
residents speak a language other than English at home,” said Leslie Lilly at a
recent presentation of the grant check at the center. “A goal in grantmaking
this cycle is to support programs that address barriers of language, culture,
or race in accessing family support services and which support a path to full
citizenship and the rights, obligations, and accountability that engaged
citizenship requires.” "We are extremely pleased with the
Community Foundation's generous support of the Lake Worth Resource
Center,” said Lisa
Wilson, Chief Operating Officer of The Mentoring Center. “The Community
Foundation clearly has their fingers on the pulse of the needs of the
people. We greatly appreciate that the Foundation has boldly embraced
our mission and is taking the lead in Palm Beach County- we thank them for helping
us provide the services and programs that will move this county forward." The two-year grant check was
enthusiastically received from the staff of the Lake
Worth Resource Center, Vice Mayor of the City of Lake Worth Jo-Ann Golden and others involved
with the center. A video of the presentation is currently on the Community
Foundation’s YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/palmbeachmartincf. The grant to supporting
the Lake Worth Resource Center is among
the more than $1.2 million in grants distributed recently to 21 nonprofit
organizations serving a wide range of needs in Palm Beach and Martin
counties. The grant was funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Fund, the
Hans and Mary Strattmann Intergenerational Fund and the Galdriel Peace Fund II
of the Community Foundation. |
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Big Check! Big Newsposted Oct 15, 2009 8:02 AM by Lisa Wilson [ updated Jul 18, 2011 3:40 PM ] |
