About the Clerk & Comptroller’s Office

Community Outreach

Dress Down Friday Charitable Giving Program

Clerk & Comptroller employees are committed to making Palm Beach County a great place to live and work. The Clerk’s office has a proud history of supporting worthy charitable causes that improve the quality of life for those in need.

Program Raises More Than $654,944 for Local Charities Since 1994

The Clerk & Comptroller's Dress Down Friday Charity program began in 1994. In return for wearing casual attire to work each Friday, employees have the option of donating $2 a week from their paycheck. The contributions are donated to nonprofit organizations selected by the employees. Since its inception, the program has donated more than $654,944 to more than 30 local charities.

In 2011, the Dress Down Friday program raised $38,650, which was distributed among two dozen nonprofit organizations.

Charity Recipients 2011 - 2012

Every two years, employees nominate and vote on the charities to receive Dress Down program donations. The following organizations were selected to receive donations in 2011 and 2012: 

• Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse
• Alzheimer's Community Care
• American Heart Association
• American Red Cross - Greater Palm Beach Area Chapter
• Association for Abused Women and Children, Inc.
• Autism Project of Palm Beach County
• Busch Wildlife Sanctuary
• Children's Tumor Foundation, The (CTF)
• Clerk’s Scholarship Fund - Dependents of Employees
• Compass, Gay and Lesbian Community Center
• Connor Moran Children's Cancer Foundation
• Feeding South Florida (formerly Daily Bread Food Bank)
• Hospice of Palm Beach County
• Kids in Distress
• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, The
• Little Smiles, Florida Chapter
• Lord's Place, The
• Make-A-Wish Foundation
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• Paralyzed Veterans Association of Florida
• Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League
• Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary and Hospital
• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
• Susan G. Komen Foundation
• United Way of Palm Beach County

Selection of Charities

Clerk & Comptroller employees vote on eligible charity nominations every two years. Charities must be 501(c)3 organizations located in and serving Palm Beach County residents. Charities that support or promote political causes, public policy issues, or religious ideas or views are not eligible.

The next charity selection will be in December 2012 for the 2013 and 2014 calendar years.