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5,480 Bowls Of Cereal Donated To Boca Helping Hands

At FAU Tackle Hunger Cereal Drive

September Is Hunger and Luke Justin of Boca Raton when they were just 8 years strong communities
Cereal4All was started by 16-year-old twin brothers Jett
throughout Palm Beach
Action Month old. After volunteering at Boca Helping Hands, Jett and Luke County by focusing
organized their first cereal drive for BHH at their elementary on programs and
On Saturday, Sept. 14, Boca Helping Hands (BHH), school in 2016. Over the last eight years, the boys have priorities that promote
in collaboration with Florida Atlantic University (FAU) expanded the program to 20 schools in Palm Beach County education, health, and
Athletics and Cereal4All for the fourth year in a row, as well as to schools in Arizona, California, Connecticut, financial stability.
commemorated September’s Hunger Action Month by Nevada, New York, Texas, and Washington to benefit their Boc a He lpi ng
hosting a Tackle Hunger Cereal Drive at FAU Stadium in own local food banks. Hands holds
Boca Raton. Those who donated one or more unopened cereal “Cereal4All succeeds because so many other students accreditation for
boxes before the Florida Atlantic versus FIU football game share our love for cereal,” said Luke Justin. “It encourages Sound Nonprofit
6 p.m. kickoff got into the game for free, with all donations them to connect with the hunger and well-being of others Management from
going to BHH’s Pantry Bag clients. Food drive participants on a more personal level.” Nonprofits First, has
donated 548 boxes of cereal, equating to 5,480 bowls and About Boca Helping Hands a Platinum Seal of
603 pounds of food. Boca Helping Hands (BHH) is a community-based Transparency from
“We were so pleased that so many people came out from nonprofit that provides food, medical, and financial assistance Candid/GuideStar, and
the community to donate cereal – especially with some rain to help individuals and families improve their quality of life has been a Charity
showers leading up to the game,” said Greg Hazle, Executive and build financial stability. Through its various programs, Navigator Four- Jett Justin and Luke Justin
Director of Boca Helping Hands. “Cereal is one of the least BHH assists nearly 35,000 people annually. Star Charity for 17
donated items to food banks across the country, which means Boca Helping Hands is a partner agency of The Town of consecutive years. Boca Helping Hands is located at
underserved kids and families do not always get to start their Palm Beach United Way. Since 1945, the Town of Palm Beach 1500 N.W. First Court, Boca Raton, FL 33432. For more
day with a nutritious breakfast.” United Way has been committed to improving lives and building information, please visit BocaHelpingHands.org.
The Fifth Annual FAU CAST Party Riding For

Presents ‘The Great American A Cause

Songbook: The Next Generation’ Hello All!

I am raising $25,000 dollars for a 25,000-mile bike
Event Celebrates Arts And Jazz Band, visual arts ride, which is 99 miles greater than the circumference of
planet Earth, for the Donor Conceived Community.
Culture; Raises Student pop-ups, and dancing January of 2024, I am nearly a third through this challenge
I am 8,142 miles into this ride which I started in
to live pop music from
Scholarship Funds FAU’s own commercial even while missing about 8-plus weeks of riding due to
music band. weather, traveling and family events. I anticipate, subject
The lively vibe, memorable music and sing-along lyrics The fittingly themed to no serious injuries, to have this completed by early
of “The Great American Songbook” will fill the ballroom evening also is a warm spring 2026, possibly by the end of 2025. On average I
and dance floor at the fifth annual Culture, Arts and Society tribute to Bob Lappin, cover about 1,200 miles per month. I set out five mornings
Today (CAST) Party hosted by Florida Atlantic University’s the legendary founder, a week at 5 a.m. and ride 60 to 70 miles, sometimes I
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, on Monday, music director and get caught in a sudden rain shower and occasionally
Feb. 24, 2025 from 6 to 9 p.m., at Delaire Country Club, maestro of the Palm experience a flat tire.
4645 White Cedar Lane, in Delray Beach. Beach Pops, and honors
The annual “friend-, fan-, and fund-raiser” for student his son, Jon Lappin, CAST Party Emcee Toni May,
scholarships will once again celebrate the cultivation of president and executive cohost of Legends Radio’s
arts and letters at FAU and in the community with a night director of the Legacy “Manfredi and May Mornings.”
of cocktails, fine food, and American Songbook-themed Foundation of Palm Photo courtesy of Toni May.
décor and entertainment. The evening, emceed by Legends Beach County/Palm
Radio’s “Manfredi and May Mornings” cohost Toni May, will Beach Pops, for his contributions to the college and the
include nostalgic nods from the 1920s to 1960s by the FAU music industry. Broward-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation
(AHF), the largest global
HIV/AIDS organization
and a longtime advocate for
affordable housing, also will
be recognized for its strategic
partnership with the college’s
School of Architecture, as the
two collaborate and deliver
new transformational models
Riding For A Cause on page 4
The Fifth Annual on page 2