Giving Back: Our Local Focus

Giving Back: Our Local Focus

Sklar Furnishings is always looking for meaningful ways to make the world a better place.We feel it is important to give back to our Community that we live and work in. We believe it is important to be a positive force in our own backyard.

Sklar has had a partnership with the National Forest Foundation since we opened. We have planted over 6000 trees in the Forests of North Florida. Recently we met a local organization that gives back to our Community called Community Greening.We like that they are in our backyard and we can see the difference our support will make!

Community Greening

Since our business consumes a lot of wood, we’ve always focused on ways to offset that demand. Since 2016, Community Greening has been planting many types of trees in South Florida, in public and private spaces. We love how they match trees to the needs of communities, planting the right tree in the right place.

In addition to planting trees to beautify and improve neighborhoods, Community Greening has planted 3 urban orchards with tropical fruit trees, to address healthier eating and the importance of environmental stewardship. These community resources provide food, shade, and an excellent introduction to growing food.

Community Greening works on many projects in Boca Raton, Delray Beach, and surrounding cities, allowing us to focus our investment in our own backyard. They hire local youth to work in Tree Teams where they work on planting trees and improving neighbourhoods, learn about sustainability, and get work experience.

As new partners, we will donate a tree to Community Greening with each purchase of a wood piece to help them continue their mission of making our community stronger, healthier, and greener!

Boca Helping Hands

Boca Helping Hands (BHH) is a community-based nonprofit that provides food, medical and financial assistance to meet basic human needs as well as education, job training and guidance to create self-sufficiency. Through its various assistance programs, BHH supports over 27,000 people annually.

Sklar Furnishings helps BHH by running food drives, from Cereal to Can Goods.

Close to Home

Sklar Furnishings believes in supporting our Community. Whether that’s creating healthier and more vibrant neighborhoods, or helping to make sure everyone has access to what they need to live, issues close to home are close to our heart.

We are so excited to build a new partnership with Community Greening, we’re making sure that our efforts are focused on the needs and future of our community and the surrounding areas. And to continue our food drives with Boca Helping Hands. After all, we’re blessed to be here and want to ensure everyone has the same feeling!