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Boca Teen Twins Collected Nearly 65,000 Bowls Of Cereal
For Boca Helping Hands During Annual Cereal Drive
Cereal4All, which runs an annual cereal drive organized
by twin brothers Jett and Luke Justin, collected nearly 65,000
bowls of cereal during its annual cereal drive this Spring and
donated it to Boca Helping Hands (BHH). This donation
means that Boca Helping Hands will be able to provide
clients with 6,418 boxes of cereal. The Justins, 15-year-old
twin brothers and Boca Raton residents, attend American
Heritage School in Delray Beach.
This year, the Justin brothers expanded their organization
nationally to have schools in Connecticut, Arizona, New
York, Nevada, Washington, and California organize
Cereal4All cereal drives to benefit local food banks in those
areas. Across the United States, Cereal4All drives collected
10,127 boxes of cereal.
The Justin brothers have recently established partnerships
with several businesses. Target donated gift cards to
participating schools to buy school supplies; Publix provided West Boca Raton Community High School
cereal parties for K-5 schools’ top-donating classrooms; the
Miami Heat provided game tickets for students who donated “We created Cereal4all to fight hunger around
to drives, chosen through a drawing; and Rapids Water Park America’s breakfast tables because millions of American
provided tickets for a drawing. families suffer from food insecurity, which means they Boca Raton Elementary
can’t always afford enough meals for everyone in their
homes. Those families depend on food banks to help were bothered by the reality that millions of families and
ease their hunger issues. Since breakfast food is one of kids might not have daily access to breakfast and that
the least donated items to food banks, that means pantry moment of happiness in their day,” said Jett Justin.
bags of meals distributed to families in need are often Jett and Luke organized their first cereal drive for
missing breakfast food,” said Luke Justin. BHH in 2016 at their school, Calusa Elementary, when
Local schools that participated in the cereal drive they were just 8 years old. Despite their busy high school
included Village Academy Center in Delray, Calusa schedules and being active members in the Boca Raton
Elementary, Sunrise Park Elementary, St. Joan of Arc Civil Air Patrol Squadron, the Justin brothers devote a
Catholic School, Morikami Park Elementary, Whispering significant amount of time to working on Cereal4all so
Pines Elementary, Grandview Preparatory School, they can expand their impact and help provide even more
West Boca High School, Katz Hillel Day School, FAU relief to families struggling with food insecurity.
Community Service Club, Boca Raton Elementary, “Running a nonprofit can be hard work, but Cereal4all
Addison Mizner School, and Blue Lake Elementary. is one of the most fulfilling things my brother and I do.
“My brother and I learned about the breakfast food There’s really no better feeling than making a positive
shortage in 2016 while volunteering in the food bank difference in someone else’s life,” said Luke Justin.
at Boca Helping Hands, and it had a big effect on us About Boca Helping Hands
because, like most young people, we love cereal. Cereal Now in its 25th year of operation, Boca Helping Hands
Boca Raton Elementary is about breakfast, but it’s also about happiness, so we (BHH) is a community-based nonprofit that provides food,
ME job training, access to healthcare and financial assistance
VT to help individuals and families improve their quality
of life and build financial stability.Through its various
NH programs, BHH assists nearly 35,000 people annually.
Boca Helping Hands is a partner agency of The Town
As the #1 family-owned real estate company of Palm Beach United Way. Since 1945, the Town of Palm
As the #1 family-owned real estate company Beach United Way has been committed to improving
in Florida and the Northeast, nobody connects
MA in Florida and the Northeast, nobody connects lives and building strong communities throughout Palm
home buyers from the Northeast to Florida better
home buyers from the Northeast to Florida better
than William Raveis.
NY Beach County by focusing on programs and priorities
CT RI than William Raveis. that promote education, health, and financial stability.
Boca Helping Hands holds accreditation for Sound
Nonprofit Management from Nonprofits First, has a 2022
Gold Seal of Transparency from Candid/GuideStar, and
was named a Four-Star Charity by Charity Navigator for
the 16th consecutive year in 2022. Boca Helping Hands is
located at 1500 N.W. 1st Court, Boca Raton, FL 33432. For
more information, please visit BocaHelpingHands.org. n
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