Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties

 Green Champion Sponsor:

This year's Nonprofits Going Green event was organized in partnership with West Palm Beach Office of Sustainability at the beautiful Waterfront Commons where we recognized the winners of the 4th Annual Nonprofits Going Green Contest! 

Winning nonprofits received special grant awards ranging from $1,650 to $7,500 for their efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle.  

Barbara Groves Eco-Impact Award” was presented to Faith Farm Ministries (Boynton Beach) who received $7,500. This award, created in honor of a local philanthropist, recognizes the organization that has shown the greatest commitment to greening efforts by reducing energy dependence, limiting waste, and conserving water accomplished through the most cost-efficient means.   

The “Sustainable Communities Award”, for a total of $6,000, went to Prime Time Palm Beach County (Boynton Beach), for implementation of Project Grow.  This project provides the opportunity for afterschool programs, to plant, grow and eat organic food. 

Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida received $4,000 in “Youth Engagement Award” category for their environmental education programs. The programs address activities such as solar energy, sustainable food source (SOW what?), and water (Camp H2O). 

Two prizes for $1,650 each were awarded in the “Judges' Green Harvest” category. The first award went to Florida Arts and Dance Company (Stuart) for their “Wear and Share Cabinet.”  The second “Judges' Green Harvest Award” went to Sunflower Creative Arts (Boca Raton) for their community service/environmental club: Roots and Shoots.

The 4th Annual Nonprofits Going Green Contest Awards is being sponsored by the Environmental Endowment Fund of the Community Foundation, Florida Power & Light and Wachovia, A Wells Fargo Company.  To see photos from the event click here.       
 

The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties is also sharing best practice information and resources to help all nonprofits learn how to be green...and save some green, at a time when it was never more important.  

For more information, please contact: 
The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties
Daryl Houston, Community Investment Officer 
561-659-6800