CHARITIES

Junior League Of The Palm Beaches

www.jlpb.org

Mission: We are an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Our purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

Intended Fund Use: 1. Period poverty is a global issue, and here in Palm Beach County we have a large population that cannot afford period supplies.

JLPB has formed a partnership with the Alliance for Period Supplies, which accepts donated pads and panty liners from U by Kotex. The Junior League of the Palm Beaches obtains and distributes these period supplies to various organizations in our community to help women in need.

The mission of the JLPB Period Poverty Supply Bank is to help alleviate period poverty by hosting donation drives and then distributing supplies to those who fall into the low-income bracket and the homeless. Our goal is to distribute thousands of supplies throughout the year.

2. Lutheran Services Florida is a leading, life-changing human services organization working to transform the lives of people regardless of age, background, or belief providing aid and services to at risk youth in Palm Beach County. JLPB has partnered with them to work with 6 residential homes serving up to 6 youth per home. The ages range from 14-17. JLPB will be meeting with the youth in each location to focus on life skills, cooking, and personal development as they prepare to live independently.

Morningday Community Solutions

www.morningdaycommunitysolutions.org

Mission: Directly impacting our community; helping those who help others. We proudly serve the underprivileged, youth and veterans by providing essential products to local non-profit organizations.

Intended Fund Use: All funding received from Great Charity Challenge will be used for direct operating expenses for the MCS West Palm Beach Warehouse, which serves hundreds of member nonprofits across Palm Beach County. Specifically, it will enable us to acquire essential products from retail partners and redistribute to nonprofits in need. As we contend with the COVID-19 pandemic, MCS has stepped up to meet a rapidly-growing community need and increased demand for our services. As an essential service, MCS remained open through the pandemic, working diligently to establish solutions. We are ensuring items like PPE, medical supplies, cleaning products and school supplies get into the hands of our nonprofit members on the frontlines. The economic fallout from the pandemic is hitting hardest on the vulnerable populations we serve and we won’t let them down.

We expect the increased demand to continue through 2021 and we will continue to work to connect our community’s nonprofits with the supplies they need to serve our neighbors in need. In 2020, we collectively saved our members more than $1.5 Million – money that was reinvested back into programs and services. We also kept 400 tons of products out of landfills – significantly reducing the environmental impact of retail waste. As we work to remain responsive to our members, this gift from GCC will support the growing direct costs connected to acquiring the retail goods needed to help our community heal from this challenging year.