provides meals for extremely poor families and individuals through a food bank and a hot meals program in the heavily poverty stricken areas of inner city West Palm Beach, Riviera Beach and Pleasant City. Individuals and families can pick up perishable and non-perishable packages of food; hot meals are served three days a week. Along with the hot meals, we provide information about available social services, nutrition, buying and preparing low cost nutritional food and health issues.

Hours of Operation:

Wednesday and Friday: 9:30 am – 10:30 am
Thursday: 12 pm – 1:00 pm.

is a twofold program designed to help children learn to read, improve their reading, develop a love for books and improve performance in all of their schoolwork. Awesome Eagles Literacy Club focuses on improving reading and writing skills and helping develop a love for reading. Tigers Tutor Time provides tutors to work one-on-one with students to raise their skill level in all subjects and improve overall school performance.

Hours of Operation: Monday: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Saturdays: 10:00 am - 12 noon

 September 2009 Session   

Green Thumb Experience Works

Provides Senior Citizens 55 and older at our organization.  We provide basic computer, practical office skills, recording and record keepings skills, and literacy skills to re-enter the workforce.

serves parents of high-risk and acting out teenagers and adolescents. Workshops meet once a week for 10 weeks and are designed to improve parenting skills and techniques to reduce children’s destructive and illegal behavior (drugs, cutting classes, dropping out of school, running away, violence, theft, gang activity, other criminal activity, etc.). An additional component of the program consist of a teen curriculum for Personal and Social Responsibility and Loving Solutions, which is a program for Parents with acting out children ages 5 – 10 years of age.  All of these programs are licensed under the Department of Children and Family Services.

Hour of Operation: Various locations and various times.

has helped over 50 families gain control over their finances (budgeting, credit issues, planning for the future and other financial matters).

helps prepare teens and young adults to succeed in high school, college and in the workplace. African American professionals from Representatives from various colleges and universities along with staff provide workshops on campus and at EHCO.

is a workforce development program to help unemployed and underemployed local residents acquire jobs and achieve a life self-sufficiency by providing free professional attire to wear on job interviews and at work. This program works in conjunction with various local community organizations.

provides affordable transportation to over 400 individuals and families with free bus passes to get to doctor’s appointment, work, school, grocery shopping, etc.

Hours of Operation: Wednesday: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

assists families and individuals in determining eligibility and applying for public benefits (food stamps, Medicaid, Medicare, Patient Assistant Program, etc.). 

Hours of Operation: Thursday: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm