Recommended Local Charities

Supporting small local charities is part of our philosophy: where it counts most, and where it supports causes directly.

All these listed charity organizations are well established and have done much good in their communities. Please help as much as you can.

Country/State	Town	Charity
US/Florida	Boynton Beach	Vetsville “Cease Fire House”
US/Florida	Lake Worth	Farmworker Coordinating Council
US/Florida	Lake Worth	Lake Worth Burrito Project
US/Florida	Lake Worth	South Florida Sanctuary
US/Florida	Loxahatchee	Pure Thoughts Horse Rescue
US/Florida	Loxahatchee	The Good Earth Farm
US/Florida	Palm Beach Gardens	Jeffros Heroes
US/Florida	Wellington	Blooming With Autism
US/Illinois	Mount Prospect	Camp I Am Me

Getting to know the Charities

Charity	Learn more:
Blooming With Autism	Founded by a dedicated mother of an autistic child, Blooming With Autism recognizes the various needs of children with Autism. This charity helps with grants that go towards therapy or therapy items. Speech or occupational therapy are essential for the children’s development and social integration. Already well established in the Palm Beach County area, Blooming With Autism has been a wonderful resource for parents and families. Learn more: BloomingWithAutism.org
Camp I Am Me	Each Summer the Illinois Fire Safety Alliance organizes a camp for young burn survivors where children can play and spend time without having to be self conscious about their burn injuries. Love & Peace Ambassador Penny Sullivan introduced this charity to the Neverending Necklace and is the driving force behind raising funds for this wonderful organization in Illinois. Learn more about Camp I Am Me: www.ifsa.org/camp-i-am-me
Farmworker Coordinating Council	One of the oldest non-profit organizations in Palm Beach County, the Farmworker Council serves over 10,000 migrant farmworker families. Access to social services and immediate needs are the focus of this organization that helps farmworkers navigate their lives where needed. This charity with its humble beginnings has grown into a well respected organization by providing humanitarian services through counselors, a well-stocked food pantry, clothing and language assistance. See more: farmworkercouncil.com
Jeffros Heroes	A wonderful small charity that caters to small members of our society: our kids! These incredible people from Jeffros Heroes go out of their way to make the day of a sick or injured child. Do you believe that happiness can help heal? Absolutely! How do they spread their magic? By dressing up as superheroes, bringing cheer to kids who are holding up a brave fight with disease. Learn more: http://www.jeffrosheroes.com Volunteer or donate to Jeffros Heroes – get KR points >
Pure Thoughts Horse Rescue	Western Palm Beach County is home to a large Equestrian Community. Each Winter people come from all over the world to join the best sportsmen and women, showing off their horses and talent. The horse community is dedicated to these beloved animals, and it cares greatly about the welfare of their four-legged friends. Much compassion here revolves around horse safety and well being. “Pure Thoughts Horse and Foal rescue is dedicated to saving the lives of innocent horses, yearlings and foals that are destined for slaughter. Over Fifty Thousands of these beautiful Equines went to slaughter last year for human consumption. These animals suffered an excruciating and inhumane death. Pure Thoughts has saved and placed over 350 horses, yearlings and foals since it’s beginning and intends to double those numbers in the coming year.” Visit PTHR’s website: http://www.pthr.org
South Florida Sanctuary	A charity that helps at the core: South Florida Sanctuary provides help to the Homeless by providing food, clothes, toiletries and showers. Among the projects are the Lake Worth Burrito Project, that makes and distributes burritos to homeless people. Also, the Work Boots & Backpacks Project supports the homeless by donating work boots and back packs so these people are able to find day labor jobs. Check it out: https://www.southfloridasanctuary.com/
The Good Earth Farm	The Good Earth Farm, Inc. is a non-profit organization for the rescue of unwanted/neglected animals in western Palm Beach County. It is a very well kept facility where you can ride ponies or visit the petting zoo and admire the peacocks strutting along the winding paths. Visit the web site: goodearthfarm.info
Vetsville “Cease Fire House”	The charity that literally sparked the fire to start the Love & Peace Project, is the Vetsville “Cease Fire House” in Boynton Beach, Florida. The Cease Fire House provides shelter and rehabilitation to homeless and/or disabled Veterans. Founder of the Cease Fire House is Chris Noel, a movie star appearing in numerous films with many internationally famous actors. Visit and enjoy her fabulous website: www.chrisnoel.com

How the Charities will benefit:

The Love & Peace Project is proud to present various programs to assist local charities.

Some of these activities involve volunteering, food drives, caring for shelter pets, donating money, or other ways to help charitable organizations and their causes.

We encourage people to volunteer or donate and to inspire others. Volunteers or Donors may earn Kindness Rebel Points™ towards freebies from our Reward Store.

Sponsorship Money

Each time you dedicate beads on the Neverending Necklace, you’re actually helping support charities in the process: the more beads you dedicate, the more money they’ll receive. It’s entirely FREE to dedicate beads.

How does it work?

Those dedicated beads are first strung and then mounted on individual sections, called “panels”. The panels can be sponsored for a fee, which we forward to any of the charities above.

Our goal is to help smaller charities that don’t receive the same support as a large organization would. These small charities simply don’t have a big marketing budget, so they may not be as well known. But they do a lot of good on a local level, where it matters most and benefits their cause directly.

Note: as the Love & Peace Society grows, we will add more charities from other geographical areas to this list. Those will be the recipients of local Love & Peace community activities outside of Palm Beach County. They will be suggested by local chapters of the Love & Peace Society.

About the title image:

During some events, we give out little freebies, such as these stretch bracelet. They are very popular giveaways, and they always come with a heart, reminding people to be loving and kind. Photo © by Ingrid Webster