Roots and Wings

🎉🧁 A SWEET way to celebrate! 🧁🎉

Tomorrow, Saturday, August 22, Nothing Bundt Cakes is celebrating the GRAND OPENING of its Delray Beach location, and we’d love for our Roots and Wings friends to help us welcome them to the community! 💙

Nothing Bundt Cakes is a wonderful partner of Roots and Wings, generously providing gift cards for our Above and Beyond Awards recipients to enjoy their delicious treats. 🍰✨

If you’re in the Delray Beach area tomorrow, stop by, grab a Bundt Cake (or two! 😋) - and show some love to a business that so generously supports our mission and our educators.

From 9 A.M. to 12 P.M., there will be family-friendly activities, prizes, treats, and even special discounts for teachers, school staff, healthcare workers, first responders, city employees, military, and veterans! 🤩

Location: 420 East Linton Blvd. #800 (Near Trader Joe's)

🎉 We’re a FINALIST! 🎉

We are thrilled to share that Project UpLift has been named a finalist for Jupiter Magazine’s 2026 Good Works Awards! 📚💚
What an exciting recognition of the impact Project UpLift is making for children and families throughout Palm Beach County!

🗳️ Public voting is NOW OPEN, and we would be so grateful for your vote!

👉 Vote for Roots and Wings and Project UpLift here:
https://www.jupitermag.com/good-works-awards-voting/

Please vote and share! Every vote helps us celebrate the incredible students, teachers, families, and schools who make Project UpLift so special. 🌟📖

🎉 We’re thrilled to share some exciting news! 🎉

Roots and Wings has been nominated for a Hats Off Nonprofit Award in the Education Impact category! 📚💙

This recognition celebrates organizations that make a meaningful difference not only for students but also for families and our community as a whole. Through Project UpLift and the Above and Beyond Awards, we are proud to help children become stronger, more confident readers, celebrate the educators who inspire them, and support families as their children grow and succeed.

We are so proud of the impact Roots and Wings is making across Palm Beach County and incredibly grateful to everyone who makes our work possible. Thank you to Nonprofits First for showcasing Roots and Wings and the other outstanding nominees!

What an honor to be recognized! 🌟

A Sparkling Thank You to Mint Eco Car Wash!

Our Roots and Wings' Above and Beyond Award winners go the extra mile for their students every day, so we think it’s only fitting that they receive a little extra shine in return!

A big thank you to Mint Eco Car Wash for continuing as one of our in-kind sponsors and generously donating car wash gift cards for our Above and Beyond Awards! Each winning educator will receive gift cards to enjoy the Mint Eco experience at one of their five Northern Palm Beach County locations!

The Above and Beyond Awards are all about making exceptional educators feel seen, appreciated, and celebrated. Thanks to thoughtful community partners like Mint Eco Car Wash, we can add even more fun to those special surprise moments.

We know our award-winning educators spend plenty of time taking care of everyone else. Now, Mint Eco is helping us take care of them - and their cars, too!

🤩 PLEASE VOTE FOR PROJECT UPLIFT EVERY DAY! 🤩

Here's a quick reminder that you can vote for Roots and Wings' Project UpLift every day through August 25 in Palm Beach Illustrated's Outstanding Academic Program category!

💙 Even better, each email address can cast one vote every day, so if you have more than one email address, you can help us even more!

Every vote helps shine a spotlight on the importance of early literacy and the thousands of children whose lives have been changed through Project UpLift.

Please take just a minute today to support our mission by voting here:
🗳️ https://www.palmbeachillustrated.com/education-awards-voting/

Thank you for helping us spread the word! Please feel free to like, comment, and share this post so we can reach even more people. Together, we can make an even bigger difference for children in Palm Beach County! ❤️

🎨 A Masterpiece in the Making 🎨

What a wonderful way to begin a new school year!
The Roots and Wings team was honored to attend Plumosa School of the Arts' Back-to-School Breakfast alongside the incredible teachers, administrators, and community partners who make this school so special.

Congratulations for maintaining an “A” rating for the last three years!

During the program, Principal Smith spoke about an important reality: third-grade reading is a national crisis. That's why we are so grateful to partner with Plumosa through our free Project UpLift literacy program. Together, we are helping students build the reading skills they need for lifelong success, and we are proud that Plumosa earned the highest third-grade English Language Arts scores in the Palm Beach County School District!

This year's inspiring school theme, "A Masterpiece in the Making," perfectly reflects the heart of Plumosa. Every day, students are encouraged not only to grow academically but also to discover their unique gifts, express their creativity, and become the very best version of themselves.

Congratulations to Principal Smith and the entire Plumosa family on your remarkable accomplishments. We are grateful to be part of your journey and can't wait to see the masterpieces this school year will bring! 💙📚✨