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Boca Teen Twins To Collect Thousands Of Pounds Of Cereal

For Boca Helping Hands During Annual Cereal Drive

Cereal4All, which runs an annual cereal drive they can expand their impact and help provide even more
organized by twin brothers Jett and Luke Justin, hopes to relief to families struggling with food insecurity.
collect more than 4,000 pounds during its annual cereal “Running a nonprofit is hard work, but Cereal4all is one
drive this spring and donate it to Boca Helping Hands of the most fulfilling things my brother and I do. There’s
(BHH). The cereal drive runs through the end of the school really no better feeling than making a positive difference
year in May. in someone else’s life,” said Luke.
This donation means that Boca Helping Hands will be Jett and Luke were also recently recognized for their
able to provide clients with approximately 40,000 bowls nonprofit work by U.S. Congressman Jared Moskowitz in
of cereal. The Justins, 16-year-old twin brothers and Boca the House of Representatives.
Raton residents, are 10th-graders at American Heritage To donate to the cereal drive, contact Suzan Javizian
School in Delray Beach. at suzan@bocahelpinghands.org or call (561) 417-0913.
The Justins have expanded their organization nationally About Boca Helping Hands
to partner with schools in Connecticut, Arizona, New Boca Helping Hands (BHH) is a community-based
York, Nevada, Washington, Virginia, New Jersey, Texas nonprofit that provides food, medical, and financial assistance
and California for Cereal4All cereal drives that benefit to help individuals and families improve their quality of life
local food banks in those areas. and build financial stability. Through its various programs,
They’ve also established a new Student Ambassador BHH assists nearly 35,000 people annually.
Program that guides students from across the country to Cereal4all founders Luke Justin and Jett Justin Boca Helping Hands is a partner agency of The Town
volunteer sessions at local food banks to get them more of Palm Beach United Way. Since 1945, the Town of Palm
engaged in the fight against hunger and food insecurity. following schools in Boca Raton: Calusa Elementary, Beach United Way has been committed to improving
The Justin brothers have partnerships with other Verde K-8, Blue Lake Elementary, Sunrise Park lives and building strong communities throughout Palm
businesses. Target donated gift cards for participating Elementary, Whispering Pines Elementary, Grandview Beach County by focusing on programs and priorities that
schools to buy school supplies. Publix will provide Preparatory School, FAU Community Service Club, Del promote education, health, and financial stability.
cereal parties for K-5 schools’ top-donating classrooms; Prado Elementary, Addison Mizner School, St. Joan of Boca Helping Hands holds accreditation for Sound
and there will be a drawing for prizes for students who Arc Catholic School, West Boca High School, Olympic Nonprofit Management from Nonprofits First, has a
participate in cereal drives. Heights High School and others. Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid/GuideStar,
In addition, First Watch has partnered with Cereal4all “My brother and I learned about the breakfast food and has been a Charity Navigator Four-Star Charity for
by donating breakfast food for a recent Oatmeal Airlift that shortage in 2016 while volunteering in the food bank 17 consecutive years. Boca Helping Hands is located at
Jett and Luke piloted to different islands in the Bahamas. at Boca Helping Hands, and it had a big effect on us 1500 N.W. First Court, Boca Raton, FL 33432. For more
“We created Cereal4all to fight hunger around because, like most young people, we love cereal. Cereal is information, please visit BocaHelpingHands.org.
America’s breakfast tables because millions of American about breakfast, but it’s also about happiness, so we were About Cereal4All
families suffer from food insecurity, which means they bothered by the reality that millions of families and kids Cereal4all is a youth-run 501(c)(3) nonprofit fighting
can’t always afford enough meals for everyone in their might not have daily access to breakfast and that moment hunger around America’s breakfast tables that works
homes. Those families depend on food banks to help ease of happiness in their day,” said Jett Justin. with schools and businesses to organize cereal drives to
their hunger issues. Since breakfast food is one of the Jett and Luke organized their first cereal drive for ensure food banks can offer breakfast to disadvantaged
least donated items to food banks, pantry bags of meals BHH in 2016 at their school, Calusa Elementary, when children and families. Through the organization’s
distributed to families in need are often missing breakfast they were just 8 years old. Despite their busy high school cereal drives and other community projects, they raise
food,” said Luke Justin. schedules and being active members in the Boca Raton awareness about hunger issues, promote volunteerism
Local schools participating in the cereal drive at this Civil Air Patrol Squadron, the Justin brothers devote a at an early age, and help feed households struggling to
point include Village Academy Center in Delray and the significant amount of time to working on Cereal4all so secure a meal in the morning. 

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