In desperate financial times, an informal group from Wellington has come forward to help Boynton’s Caridad Center, 8645 W. Boynton Beach Blvd., a free clinic for impoverished workers and children from the Palm Beach area.
Anna Marie King, director of special events and marketing for the center, said the people are from an equestrian community in Wellington.
“They called us about three or four months ago,” she said. “Apparently they helped out another center like ours some years ago.”
The group has raised thousands of dollars strictly for children, including toys, sending low-income children on safety patrol trips to Washington, D.C., covering college scholarships and helping out with the pediatric dental program.
“The group donated 1,000 toys last Saturday for our little party for the kids, and members were actually here handing them out,” King said.
King said the group’s goal is to help some of the needy children in the area.
She said the money raised is in the upper thousands and still growing.

Mike Rothman can be reached at mkrothman@tribune.com.