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96-Year-Old Boca Helping Hands Volunteer Brings Happiness to Many

The nonprofit organization provides food, medical support and financial assistance to empower local individuals and families.

For the last 15 years, 96-year-old Art Polacheck, a Boca Raton resident, has been a dedicated volunteer at Boca Helping Hands. His tasks include packaging cupcakes, making sandwiches and filling pantry bags with groceries. He has also successfully encouraged his friends from the Rotary Club of Boca Raton to join him in volunteering at the organization, where they assist in distributing groceries to families in need every month.

Due to his passion for classic cars dating back to the 1940s, the World War II veteran once owned a classic car museum in Fort Lauderdale. In recognition of his extensive volunteer work, the Rotary Club of Boca Raton organized a classic car show in January, showcasing 75 vehicles to support Boca Helping Hands. The event successfully raised over $10,000 for the organization.

“People don’t realize that there are so many people in need right here in the Boca Raton area,” says Polacheck. “Boca Helping Hands steps in to help in so many ways – from feeding the hungry, to job training, to helping a family financially who had their electricity turned off. I’m so proud to volunteer here, and it’s equally as rewarding to me to contribute funds toward their job training program,” he said. “It’s incredible to be able to teach people a new skill they can form a career around.”

Art Polacheck Boca Helping Hands

After growing up in the Chicago suburbs, Polacheck relocated to South Florida following his military service in World War II. There, he utilized the GI Bill to earn his degree from the University of Miami. Although he temporarily returned to Chicago to be near family, he ultimately returned to South Florida in 1980 to establish a thriving medical supplies business in Deerfield Beach, catering to over 12,000 clients.

Polacheck, now enjoying his retirement, dedicates his time to helping others. At Boca Helping Hands, Polacheck says he does “…whatever they ask me to do. It gives me great pleasure to volunteer, and I come home with a good feeling that I’ve really had a purpose and done something that someone else would enjoy.”

Boca Helping Hands assists nearly 35,000 people annually. It is located at 1500 NW 1st Ct,. For more information, please visit BocaHelpingHands.org.

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Drew Limsky

Drew Limsky

Editor-in-Chief

BIOGRAPHY

Drew Limsky joined Lifestyle Media Group in August 2020 as Editor-in-Chief of South Florida Business & Wealth. His first issue of SFBW, October 2020, heralded a reimagined structure, with new content categories and a slew of fresh visual themes. “As sort of a cross between Forbes and Robb Report, with a dash of GQ and Vogue,” Limsky says, “SFBW reflects South Florida’s increasingly sophisticated and dynamic business and cultural landscape.”

Limsky, an avid traveler, swimmer and film buff who holds a law degree and Ph.D. from New York University, likes to say, “I’m a doctor, but I can’t operate—except on your brand.” He wrote his dissertation on the nonfiction work of Joan Didion. Prior to that, Limsky received his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Emory University and earned his M.A. in literature at American University in connection with a Masters Scholar Award fellowship.

Limsky came to SFBW at the apex of a storied career in journalism and publishing that includes six previous lead editorial roles, including for some of the world’s best-known brands. He served as global editor-in-chief of Lexus magazine, founding editor-in-chief of custom lifestyle magazines for Cadillac and Holland America Line, and was the founding editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Interiors South Florida. He also was the executive editor for B2B magazines for Acura and Honda Financial Services, and he served as travel editor for Conde Nast. Magazines under Limsky’s editorship have garnered more than 75 industry awards.

He has also written for many of the country’s top newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, USA Today, Worth, Robb Report, Afar, Time Out New York, National Geographic Traveler, Men’s Journal, Ritz-Carlton, Elite Traveler, Florida Design, Metropolis and Architectural Digest Mexico. His other clients have included Four Seasons, Acqualina Resort & Residences, Yahoo!, American Airlines, Wynn, Douglas Elliman and Corcoran. As an adjunct assistant professor, Limsky has taught journalism, film and creative writing at the City University of New York, Pace University, American University and other colleges.