In January, the Jacobs Wellington Foundation awarded seven grants to Wellington community groups totaling over $135,000. The grants are centered on four focus areas of education, athletics, at-risk youth and preservation in and around Wellington. The recipients and their programs being funded by the grants are: Binks Forest Elementary School

The Jacobs Wellington Foundation owes the biggest of thank you’s to former JFF Vice President Tom Wenham. Tom gave many great years at the Wellington Preservation Coalition as well as the JFF. Thank you and Regis both!

The adopt-a-street cleanup this past Saturday was a huge success! Over 40 students, and their parents, from Wellington Elementary School and the Wellington Roller Hockey Association came out to help keep our Wellington community clean. Thank you to all as we work together to keep Wellington great!

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Charlie Jacobs recently met with the students and staff who make up the Wellington High School Fire Academy. After a tour of the facility, which the Jacobs Wellington Foundation helped fund through a $15,000 grant, Jacobs was able to speak with participants of the program about their plans for after

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Horses Healing Hearts (HHH), a unique preventative education and equine assisted therapy program for children living with alcoholism and addiction will receive a $15,000 grant from the newly formed Jacobs Wellington Foundation this month. This generous grant will allow HHH Founder and Executive Director Lizabeth Olszewski to expand HHH’s reach

This fall, the Jacobs Wellington Foundation awarded seven grants to organizations within the Wellington community totaling $71,005. The grants were awarded to programs focused on education, at-risk youth, and athletics. The recipients are: Short Stacks – Student memorial Wellington Colts – Championship rings Horses Healing Hearts – Rehabilitation program Back

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The Young Art Masters Auction showcases the talents of local student artists and raises funds for the art programs that nurture those talents. Wellington residents Jeremy and Margaret Jacobs have provided supplies to four area public high school, enabling the students to create pieces for the auction. Each piece interprets the

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex became a hands-on science lab for about 150 top math, science and engineering students from Palm Beach County’s Wellington High School who took a customized tour Friday, which included meeting NASA astronaut Jon McBride and participating in simulations and an engineering challenge. The third annual