You and your family can help maintain the farm with interns, youth and other volunteers. It is managed by nonprofit Operation No Food Gap in partnership with the city. The goal is to ensure access to fresh produce in underserved communities and create systems of sustainable agriculture. Volunteers build playhouses and hold children's activities like art therapy classes in the garden.
Safe Sleep — information on how babies should sleep properly to prevent infant death
Information and support for teen runaway issues, including a hotline, live chat service and online forum
A nonprofit organization based in Wellington that provides financial assistance to children with developmental disabilities and special needs for equipment and therapy
Project Access — medical assistance for low-income, uninsured county residents, including free preventative and wellness care services, mental health screenings and early detection of diabetes, hypertension and heart disease
Located a half mile south of the Boynton Inlet, this is one of the few remaining publicly owned commercial marinas in Florida. It offers scuba diving and fishing charters, cruises, boat and personal watercraft rentals, Tiki Taxi, parasailing, drift fishing and waterfront dining. The complex features transient dockage and dockmaster building with last-minute provisions.
Programs and services for local families in need, including social services, holiday assistance, youth programming, summer camp, athletics, transitional housing for men
Early Head Start/Head Start — provides education to children up to age 5 whose families earn at or below federal poverty guidelines, or who meet other criteria. Also offers family services, disability assistance, and health and nutritional services.
Cyclists, walkers and runners are welcome at this 20-foot-wide waterfront boardwalk, from Lake Wellington’s shore behind the Wellington Community Center to the Lake Wellington Professional Centre.
Collaborative community campaign and countywide website of local resources for supporting Palm Beach County children's healthy growth and development
A program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children that provides resources to protect child athletes from sexual abuse
Kin Support Project — assistance for relatives raising children of extended family
Advocacy and foster care services for children in the child welfare system
This 10,000-square-foot band shell with a view of the Intracoastal Waterway offers lawn seating for concerts and special events, including the 4th on Flagler and Irish Fest. On quiet days, stroll the pleasant walking path and enjoy public art.
This locale offers science programming and tech ventures based on computer coding and robotics, hands-on exhibits, a planetarium, theater, laboratory, mini golf course through Florida’s native habitats and a science trail connecting 15 exhibits, including a physics forest, interactive splash pad, gem panning station and dinosaur walk. An amphitheater offers daily science shows, trivia sessions and concerts.
Two locations offering early childhood learning center; indoor and outdoor children’s play areas, including splash grounds; sport leagues; special needs programming; youth lounge for parties, classes and afterschool enrichment; soccer and softball fields; swim lessons and team; fitness and wellness classes; summer camps; art gallery; adult education; kosher catering kitchen.
This county beach locale offers a playground, fishing, two sand volleyball courts, picnic shelters and pavilions.
This 7-acre village park features a playground, community garden, multipurpose activity building, two outdoor lighted basketball courts, two lighted baseball fields, four racquetball courts, two outdoor handball courts and three batting cages.
This village complex offers a playground, half-mile fitness trail, two batting cages, three outdoor basketball courts, four lighted baseball fields, gymnasium, multipurpose activity building, outdoor exercise stations and picnic areas.
This locale offers BBQ grills, a beach, non-motorized vessel access, nature preserve (mitigation area), pavilions, picnic tables, playground and recreation building. The wreckage of Lofthus — a marine sanctuary for a variety of tropical fish, stingrays, anemones and spiny lobsters — is a local dive spot. The two-story clubhouse features classrooms, catering kitchens, rental space and wraparound balcony.
Art museum that offers an array experiences in West Palm Beach, including programs for teens and families
Campsites offer water views with full RV and tent hookups along the shores of Lake Okeechobee, plus a swimming pool, hiking on the lake rim, fishing, bird-watching and airboat rides.
This Freemason Masonic lodge hosts community events, like an Easter party with food, games and a magician. Check out its calendar of events for possible family outings.
Crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth younger than 25, including 24-hour hotline, online chat and text assistance
Child-sized replicas offer an interactive glimpse of early Florida pioneer life through touch and play for a historical-based sensory learning experience.
An organization that reintroduces children to their incarcerated parents to create positive memories and bonding experiences
This village complex features an ocean-themed playground, two batting cages, four softball fields, a concession stand and three rental pavilions with picnic tables.
Services and emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence
This nonprofit organization offers exhibitions, classes for all ages, diverse special events, community outreach programs, workshops and summer camp.
This complex, located in Burt Aaronson South County Regional Park, features interactive exhibits and live animals, educational programs for all ages, laboratory, art gallery, butterfly garden and boardwalk with two trails and observation tower.
This town park offers three baseball fields and two soccer fields.
This city park features baseball and soccer fields, racquetball court, nature trail and playground.
ACCESS Florida (Automated Community Connection to Economic Self Sufficiency) — application for food assistance, Medicaid and other government benefits
Built in 1898, this is one of the last remaining historic homesteads of its type in unincorporated northern Palm Beach County. Located along the Jupiter Inlet in DuBois Park, the house is built atop a Native-American shell rock midden. The entire park was once a thriving village, where ancient Floridians lived. Free tours are available.
This 665-acre Palm Beach County park is home to Loxahatchee Battlefield and Jupiter Outdoor Center. It also features bicycle and walking paths, canoeing and kayaking, freshwater fishing, picnic chickee huts and pavilions, and equestrian trails.
Two locations offering early childhood learning center; indoor and outdoor children’s play areas, including splash grounds; sport leagues; special needs programming; youth lounge for parties, classes and afterschool enrichment; soccer and softball fields; swim lessons and team; fitness and wellness classes; summer camps; art gallery; adult education; kosher catering kitchen.
A nonprofit organization, based in Riviera Beach, that helps families build and improve affordable homes
24-hour hotline, live chat service and website of crisis resources to support people in distress
Unified Family Court — handles cases related to family issues, including injunctions, restraining orders, affidavits and more
This village complex, adjacent to Commissioners Park, offers a gym, classes, game room, basketball and pickleball courts.
This 698-seat performing arts center at Palm Beach State College presents world-class cultural and entertainment events and visiting artists for the community, plus programming such as the Classical Cafe Series and the Friday and Saturday Night Dance Series running January through mid-April.
This city park features trails for walking and biking, a playground and public art.
This recreation center complex, equipped with kitchen facilities, offers meeting room and pavilion rental, playground, seven lighted lawn bowling courts, 16 lighted shuffleboard courts, paved paths, gazebo, picnic tables and grills.
Palm Beach County's tourism board, highlighting unique features and local events in the county's 39 cities
This island in the Intracoastal Waterway is well situated for swimming, snorkeling, fishing and boating near the Lake Worth Inlet. Accessible only by boat, all 17 tropical campsites include a tent pad, grill and picnic table. Other accommodations are hot indoor showers, a picnic pavilion and large fire ring. Reservations are a must. Private water taxi service is available from local businesses.
