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Cocoplum Nature School — Delray Beach
This nonprofit eco-conscious school — pre-K through elementary — provides a nature-based education focused on environmental responsibility, equity and justice, in an outdoor setting.
This nonprofit eco-conscious school — pre-K through elementary — provides a nature-based education focused on environmental responsibility, equity and justice, in an outdoor setting.
A grant-making foundation in West Palm Beach that supports health care-related projects in Palm Beach County
This county beach locale offers a playground, fishing, two sand volleyball courts, picnic shelters and pavilions.
Child-sized replicas offer an interactive glimpse of early Florida pioneer life through touch and play for a historical-based sensory learning experience.
This county department manages more than 31,000 acres of conservation lands where you can enjoy nature-based activities like hiking, bird watching and environmental education — for free! The department also can recommend trails for other interests, like horseback riding and bicycling. In addition, you can join biologists, naturalists and environmentalists on free tours through natural areas to learn about plants, animals, habitats and more!
Take a peaceful stroll around the city's waterfront oasis, which sports a decorative fountain, docks, picnic tables and walking/biking paths.
Eat at Turtle Café or picnic at tables and pavilions with grills at this city beach park. A playground offers separate areas for tots and ages 5-12. Adults can work out in a fitness area next to the playground. Cabanas, lounge chairs and umbrellas are available for rent. Beach wheelchairs are available.
Dental program — community water fluoridation
Summer Food Service Program — provides meals and snacks to children during the summer at sites throughout the county
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 city complex features classrooms, game room, multipurpose rooms, catering kitchen, playground, open play field, pavilion and outdoor basketball courts.
Summer BreakSpot — where children can receive a free meal during the summer
Domestic violence programs — services based in West Palm Beach for women who are victims, including counseling, support group, shelter, transportation, rental assistance, legal, help, food and clothing, child protection advocacy and educational workshops
This county facility features an Olympic-sized pool with diving boards, slide flumes, children’s interactive play structure and pavilion rentals, along with programs like Junior Lifeguard Camp, swim lessons and swim teams for children and adults.
Information and support for teen runaway issues, including a hotline, live chat service and online forum
WIC — Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for eligible pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants and children up to age 5 (For the Breastfeeding Warmline, call 561-398-0351)
This 14,500-square-foot nonprofit organization, located in a historic train depot, offers tours and a viewing area to watch artists in action! The gift shop and gallery feature rotating exhibitions. Classes are offered for adults and children, such as glass blowing and fusing. Directions: Benzaiten Center advises not use GPS. Instead, follow these directions: Exit Interstate 95 at Sixth Avenue South and go east. Take a left at South F Street (at the Kwik Stop store). Take a right on Third Avenue South to the parking lot and enter in rear of the building.
This city complex features 11 lighted baseball/softball fields, 12 batting cages, two pitching cages, 10 hitting mat stations, multipurpose field, three pavilions, two playgrounds and picnic tables.
This 2.17-acre urban garden, adjacent to the Four Arts Botanical Gardens, features a plaza paved in quartzite, fountains, an open-air pavilion, vine-covered pergolas, flowering shrubs and palms. Bronze figurative sculpture is displayed throughout formal and informal settings.
Community Health Center — medical and mental health services and health screenings based in West Palm Beach. The Community Outreach Team travels throughout Palm Beach County to provide services where people work and live.
A non-profit school located in West Palm Beach's Northwood District for students grades Kindergarten through 3rd.
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.
This is only one of two Florida venues to host two major league baseball teams for spring training — the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals. It's also the only stadium in the country to host four minor league teams. Some games feature attractions for your kids, like bounce houses and inflatable games.
State agency overseeing juvenile delinquency prevention, intervention and services in Palm Beach County
This state-of- the-art venue with a colonnade and concert green is operated by Boca Raton and accommodates 4,200 people. It's a social, cultural and educational center for south Palm Beach County residents and draws audiences from throughout South Florida. Programming includes a variety of community events, city events and commercial concerts.
Services in Palm Springs, offered by Faith Hope Love Charity, for male veterans struggling with mental or physical health issues, addiction, homelessness or other issues
This complex at Wellington High School features eight tennis courts, three basketball courts, a track, stadium football field, auxiliary track-and-field facilities and kick wall. Open-play hours available for track, basketball, tennis and pickleball, but sports fields are reserved for programmed use only.
This city community center offers a wide range of activities for children, including afterschool and summer programs, leadership council, Trail Blazer program based on Roots of Success curriculum, Teen Club and sports — track, boys and girls flag football, soccer, basketball and baseball.
Summer Camp Scholarship Program — provides full tuition and fees for children in low-income families
This nonprofit center provides early education, family assistance, advocacy and other services to the Guatemalan Mayan community.
Information and resources from San Francisco State University for families of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth
This island retreat, in the Intracoastal Waterway next to the Blue Heron Bridge, features a beach, swimming, playground, fishing pier, boat ramps and picnic shelters. An artificial reef offers snorkelers two acres of abundant marine life!
Services and support for those struggling with addiction, such as group meetings and a life management training program, based in Delray Beach
A nonprofit organization that provides substance abuse treatment, counseling and the Batterers' Intervention Program, with most services available on a sliding fee scale
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.
Family-to-Family — free 12-session course for caregivers of family members with severe mental illness
A nonprofit organization in West Palm Beach offers eco-sustainable and affordable programs and materials for art, education, and the creative public. Afterschool and summer programs encourage eco-conscious children through environmentally-friendly behaviors.
This 23-square-mile wetlands ecosystem, which serves as a regional water supply, is home to tree islands, forested hammocks and a variety of native wildlife. A nature center offers hands-on environmental educational programs for all ages. Other features are a boardwalk, miles of hiking and biking trails, guided canoe and hiking experiences, merit badge programs for Scouts and free field trips for local schools.
Enjoy this seasonal (October through February) laid-back event with food, shopping, entertainment — and sunsets! The market is behind the Wellington Community Center along the Town Center Promenade. Hours are from 5 to 9 p.m.
Support and services in West Palm Beach for families facing homelessness, including housing, job training and employment
This museum, in the 1916 Courthouse, features its permanent People and Places galleries and temporary exhibits on a wide variety of topics. An in-depth special exhibit opens each fall. Outdoor and virtual exhibits were introduced during the pandemic.
This county park with 35,200 feet of lake frontage offers four basketball courts, 4.5-mile bicycle path, boat ramps, campground, cricket field, dog park, 20-station exercise course, fishing, Fitness Zone outdoor exercise area, golf learning center, half-mile nature trail, 4.5-mile walking path, pétanque court, picnic shelters and pavilions, six pickleball courts, splash park and playgrounds (including Boundless Playground), three softball fields, six lighted tennis courts, therapeutic recreation center, eight-station wheelchair exercise course, and two grass courts and six sand courts for volleyball.
Victim Services — help for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence and other violent crimes, including therapy and a crisis hotline
This 12.6-acre beach park features lifeguards, picnic areas with grills and a playground.
Foster care services — support for children in the foster-care system to achieve academic success