FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: MEDIA RELATIONS 688-3080
NEWS BRIEFING
My Brother’s/Sister’s Keeper Charitable Trust Inc, has PARTNERED with Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and Wal-Mart to assist 50 families from the Western Communities
WHAT: Deputies from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, Community Policing Division will shop with one representative from each of the 50 families at Wal-Mart Super Center, Royal Palm Beach (441 & Belvedere). Each representative will receive $ 200 gift card to purchase basic necessities for their families.
WHERE: Wal-Mart Super Center
441 & Belvedere Road
Royal Palm Beach, FL
WHEN: Friday, December 11, 2009
TIME: 6:00 pm
WHO: County Commissioner Jess Santamaria – founder of My Brother’s/Sister’s Keeper Charitable Trust
Sheriff Ric Bradshaw
Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, Community Policing Deputies
One representative from each of the families (50 families) from Belle Glade, Pahokee, South Bay and Canal Point
Through the generosity of this trust, which was established by County Commissioner Jess Santamaria of Royal Palm Beach, $ 10,000 has been made available to aid these 50 needy families.
On December 11, 2009 an adult representative from each of these families will travel by bus from PBSO District 5 Headquarters Belle Glade to a Wal-Mart Super Center, Royal Palm Beach, where a deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Community Policing Division will be paired with a representative from each family to assist them. The items to be purchased are basic necessities, such as food and clothing.
The board of the My Brother’s/Sister’s Keeper Charitable Trust Inc, is committed to lending support to the people in the Western Communities of Palm Beach County, through partnering with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Community Policing Division.
Future projects will directly impact the children of the Western Communities by sponsoring continuous activities that will have a lasting positive effect on these children.