Men Giving Back: Fun and Philanthropy
Just three years ago, an idea was born for a different kind of charity in South Palm Beach County.
It was a simple concept: bring together men who love to give back to the community and have some fun while they’re at it.
They called it Men Giving Back.
“We started it with the spirit of ‘Let’s just have a good time and get guys together to give back and the first time we met we said ‘Let our mission and our mantra be fun and philanthropy,” says Dr. Nathan Nachlas, one of the founding members of Men Giving Back.
The non-profit now provides grants to deserving local charities and enjoys events throughout the year. Their programs though are short and sweet.
“We don’t do anything that you typically see at a philanthropic event. There’s no live auction. There’s no call to the heart. We like to keep things delicious food-wise, amazing drink-wise, fun activity-wise and just have people spend a couple of hours together having a great time,” adds Nachlas.
“We give back 100% of all of the money raised to the local community. We have strong controllership of where the money goes and it’s been a tremendous success,” says founding member of Men Giving Back, Bill Donnell.
“The donations they are able to accumulate make a huge difference to these charities and when you get to know the charities and see how they’re helping people, how can you say no?,” says Men Giving Back member, Gary Hildebrand.
Men Giving Back holds several events throughout the year including the Spring Social, held in May at The Boca Raton.
“We want to create those environments and those partnerships and relationships to really help grow and elevate Boca Raton and support our membership and support our amazing community,” says The Boca Raton Director of Membership Justin Ely.
FAU Men’s Basketball Head Coach Dusty May was the event’s headliner, addressing members and prospective members in the crowd and discussing the team’s road to the Final Four and season ahead.
“It’s really cool to get to know these guys on a personal level and see what their mission is and see how much they enjoy getting this group getting together and also how much pride they have in giving back to the local charities,” says May.
