About The Great Give
2019/04/24 04:00:00
On your mark… Get set… Donate!
Great Give Palm Beach & Martin Counties is a 24-hour online giving event led by United Way of Palm Beach County and United Way of Martin County designed to raise as much money as possible for local nonprofits in a single day. This exciting community-wide event celebrates the spirit of giving and the collective effort it takes to strengthen our local nonprofits and better serve residents in need – from children and seniors to the environment and animals!
Why is it GREAT for our community?
• Inspires as many people as possible to give.
• Enriches our community’s spirit of giving.
• Promotes and supports our local nonprofits.
• Raises millions of dollars for community good.
• Better serves our residents in need.
24-HOURS CAN CHANGE OUR COMMUNITY! #GreatGive424
Wednesday, April 24th, 2019
Click Here For Hourly Prizes You Could Help Us Win!
Hourly Prizes We Could Win
Cinderella Prize – $1,000 cash – Randomly awarded between midnight and 1 a.m. – Sponsored by FPL
Team No Sleep – $375 value – One month of free shared workspace in the state of the art offices of Venture X awarded to the nonprofit with the most donors between midnight and 1 a.m. – Sponsored by Venture X
Night Owl – $500 cash – Cash Prize to nonprofit with the most raised between 1:00 and 2:00 a.m. – Sponsored by RSM
Sleepwalker Prize – $85 value – Ticket to Leadercast. Prize awarded randomly between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. – Sponsored by Nonprofits First
Early Bird Gets the Prize – $500 cash – Cash prize awarded to the nonprofit with the most donors between 3:00 and 4:00 a.m. – Sponsored by NCCI
Boost Your Brand – $1,000 value – Prize awarded randomly between 4:00 and 5:00 a.m. – Sponsored by Sharp & Sweet
Good Morning Sunshine – $500 cash – Cash prize to nonprofit with the most raised between 5:00 and 6:00 a.m. – Sponsored by First Bank of the Palm Beaches
Daybreak – $375 value – One month of free shared workspace in the state of the art offices of Venture X awarded to the nonprofit with the most donors between 6:00 and 7:00 a.m. – Sponsored by Venture X
Breakfast at Tiffany’s – $500 and $600 value – $500 cash prize plus a sterling silver Tiffany & Co. necklace. Prize awarded randomly between 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. – Sponsored by NCCI & Jeff and Gina Sabean
Up and at ‘Em – $500 cash – Cash prize awarded to a nonprofit with the most donors between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. – Sponsored by Collective Water
Magic Hour – $600 value – Win a family four pack to the most magical place on Earth – Disney! Tickets randomly awarded between 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. – Sponsored by Disney
10:24 A.M. MATCHING MINUTE! – $10,000 total – Dollar for dollar match on every gift up to $100 until the $10,000 runs out! – Sponsored by Jewish Federation of PBC and TD Bank
Hungry for Change – $500 cash – Prize awarded randomly between 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. – Sponsored by Shutts & Bowen
Lovely Lunch – $350 value – A beautiful catered lunch for you and 6 of your VIP board members or donors at the Leopard Lounge in the Chesterfield Hotel. – Sponsored by Leopard Lounge, Chesterfield Hotel
Show Me the Money – $500 cash – Cash prize awarded to nonprofit to have most donors from noon to 1:00 p.m. – Sponsored by Corradino Group
Seize the Day – $1,000 cash – Cash prize is awarded to the nonprofit with the most raised between 1:00 and 2:00 p.m. – Sponsored by NCCI
2:24 P.M. MATCHING MINUTE! – $10,000 total – Dollar for dollar match on every gift up to $100 until the $10,000 runs out! – Sponsored by TD Bank
Coffee Break – $500 – Prize is awarded randomly between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. – Sponsored by Roger Dean Stadium
Early Bird Special – $500 cash – Cash prize awarded to nonprofit to have most donors from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. – Sponsored by NCCI
4:24 P.M. MATCHING MINUTE! – $10,000 total – Dollar for dollar match on every gift up to $100 until the $10,000 runs out! – Sponsored by TD Bank
Happiest Hour Prize – $1,000 cash – Cash prize is awarded to the nonprofit with the most raised between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. – Sponsored by Tito’s Vodka
Sunset Special – $750 cash – Cash prize awarded to the nonprofit with the most donors from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. – Sponsored by FPL
Time for Your Close Up – $250 value – Photography Session with edits and enhancements and rights to the images. Randomly awarded between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m. – Sponsored by Tracey Benson Photography
Power to Give – $750 value – Prize is awarded to the nonprofit with the most donors between 8:00 and 9:00 p.m. – Sponsored by FPL
Almost Closing Time – $1,000 cash – Cash prize awarded to the nonprofit with the most raised between 9:00 and 10:00 p.m. – Sponsored by Iberia Bank
10:24 P.M. MATCHING MINUTE! – $10,000 total – Dollar for dollar match on every gift up to $100 until the $10,000 runs out! – Sponsored by TD Bank
iHeart Nonprofits – $2,500 value – Ad Package – Sponsored by iHeart Media
Grand Slam – $500 cash – Prize awarded to the organization that raises the most money in the final hour – awarded just before midnight! – Sponsored by Roger Dean Stadium
What Your Donations Provide
Nancy Hurd’s Vision
For 50 years, Nancy Hurd followed a simple guiding principle as she led Delray Beach’s Achievement Centers for Children & Families, a nonprofit organization that provides child care and educational services for families needing a helping hand.
“I said that if I wanted something for my own two children, I wanted it for the kids at the center,” she said. “I looked at it as if all of those kids were mine.”
Today, the flock of children whose care has been shepherded by Hurd numbers well into the thousands, perhaps into the tens of thousands with the center, started with just 20 kids in a spare room at a local church, today serving more than 700 children and 200 families each year.
Now, however, Hurd is watching over the center from a little farther away, having officially retired as its executive director — a job she held from day one — in October, 2013.
Still, she remains connected to the organization, serving as a consultant and working behind the scenes to pitch in whenever needed.
“The agency is kind of like my baby. I’ll always be there for it,” Hurd says.
Hurd, 66, says her decision to retire was a well-planned choice. She wanted to ensure that the transition for her successor, Stephanie Seibel — who led the center’s fundraising foundation for almost a decade — was a smooth one.
“I’ve been around long enough to know that many people don’t know when enough is enough,” she said. “I didn’t want the good people who came after me to say ‘What are we going to do about Nancy?’ ”
For Hurd, stepping away from her role of executive director means giving up her first — and only — job.
“I’ve never had another job in my entire career,” she says.
Hurd had graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in social work and had just gotten married when she and her husband, Bill, moved to Delray Beach to be near his family.
While attending a service at the First Presbyterian Church with her in-laws, Hurd heard about a free child-care program a group of residents wanted to put together to serve working families. With a nonprofit organization formed in 1969, the group hired Hurd on the spot and soon the Community Child Care Center of Delray Beach opened in a spare room at the church, with just a handful of children from working families arriving by bus every day.
Over the years, the program evolved and grew to meet the ever-changing needs of the community, with Hurd leading the charge to eventually move the center into its own facilities off of Lake Ida Road. Along the way, the name has also changed to better reflect the services provided by the agency.
Accommodating children from 12 months to 18 years old, the center offers pre-school, after school, teen, summer camp and family strengthening programs.
Throughout the years, Hurd has stayed in touch with many of her former charges, including several who now work at the center.
“I hardly go anywhere where someone doesn’t come up to me and remind me that they were once in our program,” she said.
Hurd says she is pleased to be leaving the center in good shape with full enrollment, a complete staff, no debt and a national accreditation at the highest level.
“I always looked at this as a calling. I never looked at it as a job,” she said. “All of this ultimately was in God’s hands and I feel privileged to have been along for the ride.” – by Rich Pollack, Published in the Coastal Star
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