Imagine a world without someone to help... imagine a community without Florence Fuller Child Development Center.  This e-newsletter shows you how to make a lasting gift to the centers.  Your gift will continue the legacy of two incredible women, Florence Fuller and Francis Cohen, who cared about the working poor in our community. 

Let us create a lasting legacy so the future children and families in our area will have the benefits of early childhood education. Thank you for your continued support of FFCDC. Together we will make a difference!  In the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy -   
           "Children are the world's most valuable
                resource and its best hope for the future"

Heartfelt,

Pam

Pam Calzadilla
Director of Development

 YES, YOU TOO CAN MAKE A PLANNED GIFT  

TO THE CENTERS

 

Robert J. Robes, Esq.,  

Co-Chair of the Planned Giving Committee 

 

There is a common myth that planned giving is complicated and only for those individuals of significant wealth. In truth, however, planned giving need not be difficult at all, and, more importantly, it is available to anyone. In addition to the substantial impact the following planned gift options make on the lives of the children served by FFCDC, a planned gift may provide you with significant income and estate tax benefits.

 

Bequests -  A bequest is a written statement in your will directing that specific assets, or a percentage of your estate, will be transferred to FFCDC upon your death. This statement also may direct how FFCDC uses your bequest. We suggest using language similar to the following: "I give, devise and bequeath to Florence Fuller Child Development Centers, Inc., a charitable organization whose principal office is located at 200 N.E. 14th Street, Boca Raton, Florida 33432, (state percentage of estate, sum of money or otherwise describe property) to be used for its general (or state specific) purposes."

 

Life Insurance - A planned gift of life insurance is accomplished by naming FFCDC as the entire or partial beneficiary of the policy on a beneficiary designation form which can be obtained from the insurance agent from whom you purchased the policy.  

Pledged Gifts - A pledge to FFCDC is similar to an outright gift, but it allows you to make a gift of money, stock or other property to FFCDC over a period of time in a manner that may be more budget-friendly.

 

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. ~Nelson Henderson

If you missed FFCDC's first ever anti-bullying FLASH MOB and parade, we have the highlights here. Community members and parents joined the children's activities and helped spread awareness of Pink Shirt Day, an international event.  Learn more about the history of Pink Shirt Day . 

Miami Dolphins' Jake Long gives inspiring anti-bullying message during Florence Fuller Child Development Centers' Pink Shirt Day.

FFCDC students making a creative difference.

Thank you to organizers: Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County, Prime Time Palm Beach County, Children Services Council, and FFCDC's After-school Directors, Gina Moore and Yolanda Adams. 

The scenario is real.  A groundbreaking new study reveals that 1 in 3 American moms are in diaper need - meaning they struggle to provide diapers for their babies. This issue of 'diaper need' is serious and has been largely unrecognized until now.

That's why the Junior League of Boca Raton is partnering with the Huggies® Every Little Bottom program to raise awareness about diaper need and to help address the need in our community and across the U.S. Through the Every Little Bottom program we are going to create a means for change - a change that will improve the lives of millions of babies and their families.

Last month, the Junior League's Diaper Drive provided 109 FFCDC families 5,450 diapers. This kind of monthly assistance means moms and dads struggling with diaper needs won't have to cut back on other basic essentials, like food, utilities, or child care, in order to provide diapers.  Thank you Junior League of Boca Raton for being big hearts giving to the littlest members of our community! 
Information courtesy of Junior League of Boca Raton  

 

The MWCH Awards Luncheon gives non-profit organizations the opportunity to provide community-wide recognition and thank [male] volunteers who give time, talent, and resources to make life better for others in Palm Beach County. Agencies are also encouraged to nominate a youth [male] volunteer, ages 16 -21, for the Youth in Philanthropy Award.

Sponsors of the event include: Club Managers Seminole Region Charity Committee; Cathy & Abdol Moabery; Greenberg, Traurig, PA; Kathy & Paul Adkins; Custom Medical Services, Inc.; Rosa & Francis Feeney; Peggy Henry; Kaufman Lynn Construction; Amy & Mike Kazma; NFP, FDR Financial Group, Inc.,; JoAnn & Philip Proccaci; Denise & Jordan Zimmerman; Carrie Rubin; Sonia & Bernie Finkelstein; Greenspoon Marder; Tiffany & Co.; Marie & Frank Occhigrossi; Clifford Viner Family Foundation; and Toshiba Business Solutions;

February - March 2012

WAY to GO LUCAS METROPULOS!  

We are honored to be a supported by Fishing for families. The following is a special message from Lucas...

"With your support I have been named the All Star Award Winner of 2012. Friends, family and supporters banded together and rallied for votes because they believed that I could make a difference by accepting this award. The Gannett Foundation will now give me $10,000 for charity purposes. I have decided to give the money away to two charities that I serve. I will be giving $5,000 to the Florence Fuller Child Developmental Center in Boca Raton, FL and $5,000 to the Ronald McDonald House in Durham, NC. Both charities do amazing deeds and continually need assistance to do what they do. I started Fishing for Families in Need  when I was 15 years old and now at the age of 19, I am amazed at how much it has grown. During the contest, 400 people visited our website in only a few hours from over 15 countries. We now have the program in Boca Raton, FL / Durham, NC / and Martha's Vineyard, MA."   

Note:  Lucas Metropulos (photo - above)was named the Men With Caring Hearts' Youth in Philanthropy Award winner in 2011.  

         

Thank you to Susan Tabor and the Giving Tree of Temple Beth EL for graciously orchestrating  the donations of two mini-vans full of diapers for our families.

  

Olympic Heights - National Honor Society donated books and spent the afternoon at the West Center playing games and enjoying a snack.    

   

L-R: Devyn Crone, Remy Crone, Nori Tompkins,  Lorry Herdeen, Max Ottto

 

Boca Christian School 2012  

Serve-A-Thon : Thank you to the fifth grade students volunteering for clean-up projects:  mulching, gardening, window washing,at the West Center.