Giving Back: YMCA Inspiration Breakfast of South Palm Beach

The Sklar Furnishings team is proud to support the 21st Annual SOLD OUT YMCA Inspiration Breakfast, to be held on March 1st, 2023 in Boca Raton, Florida. This inspiring event will feature Emmitt Smith as the guest speaker and our very own Linda Paton as a part of the committee.

Make a Difference and Help Make Our Community Stronger

Sklar Furnishings understands the importance of giving back to the community. This event is a great opportunity to support the YMCA and its mission of “building strong kids, strong families, and strong communities.”

What Is the YMCA Inspiration Breakfast?

The YMCA Inspiration Breakfast will be an inspiring morning of sharing stories of hope, courage, and achievement. The event will honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the YMCA and the community. Emmitt Smith will be a featured speaker, sharing his inspiring story of success and determination.

Emmitt Smith is a dynamic speaker, entrepreneur, and philanthropist with a passion for giving back to the community. He is a strong supporter of the YMCA and has made significant contributions to its mission of helping build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities. Smith has used his powerful story of overcoming adversity to inspire audiences around the world, and the YMCA Inspiration Breakfast will be no exception.

The YMCA Inspiration Breakfast is not only about honoring individuals for their contributions, but also about raising funds for the YMCA of South Palm Beach County. Funds raised at the event will be used to support the YMCA’s mission of providing quality programs that serve children and families in the community. You can get involved by visiting their website here.

Sklar Furnishings Is Committed to Giving Back to the Community

At Sklar Furnishings, we are committed to giving back to the community. We understand the importance of supporting organizations like the YMCA, which are dedicated to making a positive impact in our local community. We are thrilled to be supporting the YMCA Inspiration Breakfast and look forward to hearing Emmitt Smith’s inspiring story.

Get Involved by Visiting the YMCA’s Website

We hope you’ll join us in supporting this great cause. We encourage you to visit their website and learn more about the important work being done by the YMCA of South Palm Beach County. Together we can make a difference and help make our community stronger.

Sklar Furnishings’ 20 Year Partnership with Habitat for Humanity

Sklar Furnishings has been a proud partner in the Palm Beach County Habitat for Humanity for nearly 20 years. As a volunteer-driven organization, Habitat for Humanity provides a hand up to families in need of safe and affordable housing.

Our Commitment to Habitat for Humanity

Sklar Furnishings has been a committed supporter of this organization since its inception, and we are proud to have contributed to the construction and funding of six homes for deserving families.

Our commitment to Habitat for Humanity runs deep. Our Chairman, Rick Howard, served on the Board of Directors for 10 years and played a critical part in the organization’s success. As a board member, he was actively involved in the decision-making processes and worked to ensure that the organization was efficiently managed.

In addition to donating time and resources to the Palm Beach County Habitat for Humanity, Sklar Furnishings also donates products to be sold in their Resale Stores. The proceeds from these stores are a critical source of income for the organization. The money raised through these stores helps fund the building of homes, as well as other programs such as home repair and weatherization. The proceeds also fund the organization’s administrative costs, providing a stable source of income for the organization.

Sklar Furnishings’ Commitment to Affordable Housing

We are proud to have been a part of the Palm Beach County Habitat for Humanity for 20 years, and we are committed to continuing our support in the future. As an organization, we understand the importance of affordable housing and the role it plays in creating safe and healthy communities. We are proud to have been able to help build and fund six homes for deserving families, and we will continue to support the organization through our donations of product and time.

A Hand Up Not a Hand Out

At Sklar Furnishings, we believe that everyone deserves a safe and affordable home. That is why we are proud to be a part of the Palm Beach County Habitat for Humanity and to make a difference in the lives of those in need. We are committed to the organization’s mission, and we will continue to lend our support to make a positive impact in the lives of those who need it most.

Giving Back: Alzheimer’s Brain Bowl

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder that affects memory, thinking, and behavior. In the United States, it is estimated that approximately 5.7 million people suffer from Alzheimer’s at the present time, and this number is expected to increase as the population ages. Caring for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia can be challenging and costly, both in terms of personal stress and lost work hours. In addition to the emotional toll on caregivers, there is also a significant financial burden associated with the disease.

To help raise awareness and promote understanding and support for the people of the community coping with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, the 100 types of Dementia, or a related neurocognitive disorder, Brain Bowl Events Inc., a volunteer-based non-profit organization, organizes an annual luncheon, called the Annual Brain Bowl.

The 9th Annual Brain Bowl is scheduled to take place on February 8, 2023, at Boca West Country Club, and Sklar Furnishings is excited to host a kick-off event for the luncheon on January 17th.

Sklar Furnishings is dedicated to being good neighbors and supporting the community through charitable donations, fundraising, and awareness-raising efforts. Hosting a kick-off event for the Brain Bowl for the second consecutive year is a great way to get involved and support the community that we live and work in.

By getting involved and giving back to the community, businesses can help to make a positive difference and build stronger, more vibrant communities. For more information please contact Pamela Higer-Polani, Esq, directly at Pamela@LawPHP.com

Gratitude Unlocks the Fullness of Life

This November is extra special, and our hearts are full of gratitude more now than ever. We would like to take the opportunity to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving and to thank our family and friends, all our staff, vendors, customers, and the community at large for supporting us and having us thrive at Sklar Furnishings for 20 years.

We at Sklar want to express our immense gratitude to our staff for being the best team to work with; you bring so much joy and happiness to the team. Your work ethic, dedicated attention to customers, and creativity is unparalleled. We are grateful to our vendors who offer us their professionalism and support; and most importantly, we are thankful to our customers for believing in us and supporting our business for a good 20 years.

We all have had a tough couple of years, and on this Thanksgiving, we wish for everyone the opportunity to spend quality time with their loved ones, good health, and more prosperity.

20th Anniversary Milestone

We opened our doors for the very first time on November 14, 2002, and how the time has passed. We feel privileged to have enjoyed 20 years of growth in this community, and we couldn’t have done it without you and your love of fine interior designs. To make the celebrations extra special, we have a 20th Anniversary Sale on beautiful pieces from our vendors.

Help Us Help Others

At Sklar, we believe in supporting the community and are always looking for ways to make this world an even better place. As part of our 20 th Anniversary celebrations, we are doing another Cereal Drive with Cereal4All to help fight hunger across the breakfast tables in America. 

In conjunction with Hurricane Ian Relief, we have also joined forces with Florida Design to send supplies and essentials to the communities affected by Hurricane Ian. Monetary donations are welcome to purchase additional supplies for future distributions.

And lastly, in the spirit of Christmas, we have been involved with Operation Christmas Child since we opened our doors, and we will continue with the tradition of delivering 50-75 shoeboxes filled with age and gender related gifts, which will be shipped around the world. There is nothing more rewarding than the feeling of being able to give back.

Sklar Furnishings – forever grateful to you all!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Celebrating 20 Years of Making a Difference in our Community

At Sklar Furnishings, one of our goals is to be good neighbors and positively impact the community we live and work in while being good stewards to the planet. This year marks our 20th Anniversary in our location and to celebrate and we have joined hands with Cereal4All – a youth-run NGO based in Boca Raton, founded by 14-year-old twin brothers Jett and Luke Justin – in organizing a Cereal Drive for November.

Luke Justin says, “We aspire to live in a world where every child and family has everyday access to breakfast food in their home. We want to be part of the fight against hunger.” After volunteering with their parents at Boca Helping Hands, Jett and Luke organized their first cereal drive in schools when they were just eight. The brothers have since extended Cereal4All, to several schools including Florida Atlantic University.

Cereal is one of the most favored and expensive items in any food pantry. Easy to source and nutritious, they are an ideal breakfast choice. Moreover, it is a perfect donation because it’s non-perishable and provides whole grains and essential nutrients lacking in many at-risk households and are frequently in short supply at food banks.

We believe in giving back to our communities and encourage people who reside in our neighborhoods to bring Cereal to our showroom for drop-off this month. Many people attending food banks are going through challenging times and might be hesitant to ask for assistance. We want to be part of the fight against food insecurity.

Stepping Up and Giving Back

I want to talk about Hadassah, an organization that has been very meaningful to me and my entire family, for generations which includes my grandmother, mother, sister-in-law, nieces, each inspiring the next. My family has a joke that when I was born, my grandmother called the national office of Hadassah, to make me a member before calling my grandfather to tell him I was born.

Recently I’ve had the honor of being asked to join National Hadassah as the liaison for the Evolve Young Women’s department. This department is tasked to start new young women’s groups in New York and Florida. Before I tell my story, I’d like to tell you what makes Hadassah such a worthy organization.

Making a Difference

Hadassah is a Jewish women’s organization that builds community spirit and gives back locally, but also operates the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. This center consists of two hospitals that have been at the forefront of medical care and research for decades, providing and discovering cures in specialized medicine.

One of the most inspiring successes of the Hadassah Medical Center is that it’s patients and staff are Christians, Jews, and Muslims all working together to heal the sick. Medicine is the goal that bridges their differences and brings them together.

Hadassah also sponsors foster communities that operate like boarding schools. These communities take in troubled kids and provide a healthy environment, offering education in everything from farming and animal husbandry to computer science and robotics, they’ve even trained Olympians.

Family and Community

My family has been involved with Hadassah for 4 generations. My mother really inspired me, as a national board member and regional president, she has spent decades working in their philanthropy and major gifts fundraising divisions. Most recently she chairs a $92 million dollar capital campaign for the Medical Center.

As a young girl, I would help my mother stuff envelopes and work events, but I didn’t get involved until I graduated college and was living in NYC. I felt I was missing out on close friendships and deep connections and wanted an outlet where I could meet people and make a positive difference.

Hadassah was a perfect fit. They were involved in lots of local projects, from helping out at nursing homes, to doing blood drives, building awareness for breast cancer and the importance of organ donation, as well as supporting Israel by fundraising for the hospital. I met people who are still my best friends 29 years later.

When I moved to Florida, I joined the local chapter where I continue to meet wonderful people and do good work that includes an awareness program for child trafficking and donating toiletry supplies to the homeless. We do events for the holidays too, run book clubs, and even a yearly challah bake, and fundraise for the hospital.

Now I’ve been asked to step up and join the National Evolve department as a Young Women’s liaison for New York and Florida. My role is to help new groups get started, mentor them, and keep them connected with the National Office. Now I join my mother on the National Board.

Spreading Blessings

Hadassah’s medical work and social programs are part of what makes them so special, and for me it’s not just in the family, but it’s how I found belonging while giving back not just to the Jewish community, but to the community at large.

Being able to work at the national level to pass the torch to future generations is an honor, and I look forward to spreading the blessings I’ve enjoyed, and encouraging more people to get involved.

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!