Children’s Harbor awarded $5,000 grant by wholesale club
One foster home can afford extra food, clothing and health care services thanks to a wholesale supermarket.
BJ’s Wholesale Club donated $5,000 to Children’s Harbor, 19425 SW 58th Manor earlier this month, a nonprofit long-term foster center sitting on the outskirts of Pembroke Pines.
The foster’s foundation won the largess from a field of roughly 200 grant applicants across the country, each of whom submitted a request before the wholesale club’s March deadline.
The five-grand grant supports food services and self-sufficiency for children and families living in areas where BJ’s Wholesale Club is nearby, said Maria Fruci, a club spokeswoman.
“We just look at who best meets our focus of underprivileged families and Children’s Harbor fit the bill,” said Fruci.
Children’s Harbor’s donation was one of 87 distributed to qualifying nonprofits. The club culls its donations, which totaled $1.3 million last year, through an annual charity golf tournament hosted at Pinehills Golf Club in Plymouth, Mass., added Fruci.
For more information, call 954- 252-3072, or visit www.childrensharbor.org.





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