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Several nonprofit organizations in Palm Beach and Martin Counties that have worked to become more “green” while providing valuable community services, received recognition for their “green” efforts at the 2nd Annual Nonprofits Going Green Awards Luncheon on April 15 at the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties.
The 2nd Annual Nonprofits Going Green Contest honored the work of 20 nonprofit organizations in Palm Beach and Martin Counties working to make a difference while becoming more environmentally sustainable. Nonprofit organizations received special grant awards and other prizes in recognition of the greening of their operations and programs due to the generous donations of the contest’s sponsors The Environmental Endowment Fund of the Community Foundation, The Quantum Foundation, The Office Depot Foundation, Citigroup and Starbucks. The luncheon’s Master of Ceremonies was Anchor Chandra Bill of WPTV NewsChannel 5. Winning nonprofit organizations received cash and donated prizes in a wide range of categories including Most Green with the Least Green, Sustainability Leader, Least Wasteful, Energy Saver, Greenraiser and Judges’ Green Harvest. Prizes ranged from $4,000 to gift baskets of organic, green products from Starbucks.
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